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        • 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. If the AWS account is not using AWS Glue Data Catalog, then what is the error that we get when trying to use it as a metastore?
        • 11. I have my data in RDS. Can I use Hive to process the data?
        • 12. Can I plug in my own UDFs and SerDes?
        • 13. How do I handle the exception displayed with a Tez Query while querying a JDBC table?
        • 14. What are the unsupported features in Qubole Hive?
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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. If the AWS account is not using AWS Glue Data Catalog, then what is the error that we get when trying to use it as a metastore?
  • 11. I have my data in RDS. Can I use Hive to process the data?
  • 12. Can I plug in my own UDFs and SerDes?
  • 13. How do I handle the exception displayed with a Tez Query while querying a JDBC table?
  • 14. What are the unsupported features in Qubole Hive?
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