Questions about Hive

The topics that follow provide answers to common questions about Hive in Qubole:

• 1. What version of Hive does Qubole provide?
• 2. How can I create a Hive table to access data in object storage?
• 3. What is the difference between an external table and a managed table?
• 4. How different is a Qubole Hive Session from the Open Source Hive Session?
• 5. How can I create a table in HDFS?
• 6. What file formats does Qubole’s Hive support out of the box?
• 7. What is the default InputFormat used by Qubole’s Hive?
• 8. Does Qubole remember my tables even when my cluster goes away?
• 9. Can I use Excel/Tableau/BI tools on top of Qubole’s Hive tables?
• 10. Can I plug in my own UDFs and SerDes?
• 11. How do I handle the exception displayed with a Tez Query while querying a JDBC table?
• 12. What are the unsupported features in Qubole Hive?