Using Sqoop to import data from MySQL to Hive

Question

I am using Sqoop (version 1.4.4) to import data from MySQL to Hive. The data will be a subset of one of tables, i.e. few columns from a table. Is it necessary to create table in

Answer 1

No need to create a table. Its not necessary. While we are importing itself we can do it. Please look the below command.

sqoop import --connect jdbc:mysql://mysql_server:3306/db_name \
--username mysql_user \
--password mysql_pass \
--table table_name \
--hive-import