[HIVE-14679] csv2/tsv2 output format disables quoting by default and it's difficult to enable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Jianguo Tian
• Reporter: Brock Noland
• Created: 31/Aug/16 15:15
• Updated: 27/Apr/21 10:06

Description

Over in HIVE-9788 we made quoting optional for csv2/tsv2.

However I see the following issues:

• JIRA doc doesn't mention it's disabled by default, this should be there an in the output of beeline help.
• The JIRA says the property is --disableQuotingForSV but it's actually a system property. We should not use a system property as it's non-standard so extremely hard for users to set. For example I must do: env HADOOP_CLIENT_OPTS="-Ddisable.quoting.for.sv=false" beeline ...
• The arg --disableQuotingForSV should be documented in beeline help.

Issue Links

• relates to: HIVE-9788 Make double quote optional in tsv/csv/dsv output
• links to: RB