[HIVE-1889] add an option (hive.index.compact.file.ignore.hdfs) to ignore HDFS location stored in index files.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.7.0
• Component/s: Indexing
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: He Yongqiang
• Reporter: He Yongqiang
• Created: 05/Jan/11 22:49
• Updated: 05/Apr/14 21:56
• Resolved: 07/Jan/11 02:28

Description

In the current code, we use the whole hdfs path in index files to choose splits to run mapreduce job.

If the data got moved or the name of the cluster got changed, the index data should still be usable.

Issue Links

• relates to: HIVE-417 Implement Indexing in Hive