Can hiveconf variables be loaded from a file? (Separate from the HiveQL file)

Question

I often have a large block of HiveQL that I want to run multiple times with different settings for some variables.

A simple example would be:

set mindate         


        

Answer 1

Set your variables in the config file and load this file in your hql script:

 source /path_to_your_config_file/config.hql;