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diff --git a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md index 156e0aebde..a047d32b6e 100644 --- a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md +++ b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md @@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ Configuration of Hive is done by placing your `hive-site.xml` file in `conf/`. When working with Hive one must construct a `HiveContext`, which inherits from `SQLContext`, and adds support for finding tables in in the MetaStore and writing queries using HiveQL. Users who do -not have an existing Hive deployment can also experiment with the `LocalHiveContext`, -which is similar to `HiveContext`, but creates a local copy of the `metastore` and `warehouse` -automatically. +not have an existing Hive deployment can still create a HiveContext. When not configured by the +hive-site.xml, the context automatically creates `metastore_db` and `warehouse` in the current +directory. {% highlight scala %} // sc is an existing SparkContext. |