When to use Sqoop --create-hive-table

Question

Can anyone tell the difference between create-hive-table & hive-import method? Both will create a hive table, but still what is the significan

Answer 1

The difference is that create-hive-table will create table in Hive based on the source table in database but will NOT transfer any data. Command "import --hive-import" will both create table in Hive and import data from the source table.