Sqoop

Sqoop

List tables

        sqoop list-tables \
          --username ${USER} -P \
          --connect jdbc:postgresql://${SERVER}/${DB}
        

Import one table

        sqoop import \
          --username ${USER} --password ${PASSWORD} \
          --connect jdbc:postgresql://${SERVER}/${DB} \
          --table mytable \
          --target-dir /user/username/mytable \
          --num-mappers 1
        

Import into Hive

        sqoop import \
          --username ${USER} --password ${PASSWORD} \
          --connect jdbc:postgresql://${SERVER}/${DB} \
          --table mytable \
          --target-dir /user/username/mytable \
          --num-mappers 1 \
          --hive-import
        

Create only the table structure into Hive

        sqoop create-hive-table \
          --username ${USER} --password ${PASSWORD} \
          --connect jdbc:postgresql://${SERVER}/${DB} \
          --table mytable
        

Sqoop Export

Export

First create table into PostgreSQL

        sqoop export \
          --username ${USER} --password ${PASSWORD} \
          --connect jdbc:postgresql://${SERVER}/${DB} \
          --table mytable \
          --export-dir /user/username/mytable \
          --input-fields-terminated-by '\001' \
          --num-mappers 1
        

Direct mode

For MySQL and PosgreSQL for faster performance you can use direct mode (--direct option)