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-rw-r--r-- | examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala index 227acc1175..138923c4d7 100644 --- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala +++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala @@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ object HiveFromSpark { val sc = new SparkContext(sparkConf) val path = s"${System.getenv("SPARK_HOME")}/examples/src/main/resources/kv1.txt" - // A local hive context creates an instance of the Hive Metastore in process, storing - // the warehouse data in the current directory. This location can be overridden by - // specifying a second parameter to the constructor. + // A hive context adds support for finding tables in the MetaStore and writing queries + // using HiveQL. Users who do 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. val hiveContext = new HiveContext(sc) import hiveContext._ |