Section 1 Scope - Microsoft

Hive. Hive, developed by Facebook adds an SQL-like query layer on top of HDFS data. Hive uses a proprietary SQL, called . HiveQL (Hive Query Language). Similar to SQL, before you can query the data it must reside in a table. Hive has a service . HCatalog, which manages the metadata: databases, tables, views, functions, etc... ................
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