[IMPALA-2023] Hive-like variable substitution

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.2
• Component/s: Clients
• Labels: shell
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sagar
• Created: 21/May/15 11:02
• Updated: 28/Dec/15 17:43
• Resolved: 22/May/15 01:02

Description

As we all know, Apache Hive CLI supports variable substitution as shown below.

> SET varname=tablename;
> SELECT * FROM ${hiveconf:varname};

It would help a great deal if we have a similar feature for the Impala Shell.