Hive premieres a new SQL-like query language called HiveQL.
HiveQL is an amalgam between traditional query languages and map/reduce utilities.
Here are some key features of "Apache Hive":
· Data summarization
· Ad-hoc queries
· Analysis of large datasets stored in Hadoop
· Tools for data extraction/transformation/loading
· Mechanism for imposing a structure for data formats
· Query execution via MapReduce
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Tools to enable easy data extract/transform/load (ETL)
· A mechanism to impose structure on a variety of data formats
· Access to files stored either directly in Apache HDFS (TM) or in other data storage systems such as Apache HBase (TM)
· Query execution via MapReduce
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