[HIVE-2054] Exception on windows when using the jdbc driver. "IOException: The system cannot find the path specified"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.7.1, 0.8.0
• Component/s: JDBC
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Fix for IOException on the jdbc driver on windows.
• Assignee: Bennie Schut
• Reporter: Bennie Schut
• Created: 15/Mar/11 12:47
• Updated: 27/Jul/11 04:20
• Resolved: 05/Apr/11 18:10

Description

It seems something recently changed on the jdbc driver which causes this IOException on windows.

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: The system cannot find the path specified
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:237)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.jdbc.HiveConnection.<init>(HiveConnection.java:73)
at org.apache.hadoop.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver.connect(HiveDriver.java:110)