[MAPREDUCE-705] User-configurable quote and delimiter characters for Sqoop records and record reparsing

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Added user-configurable field/record delimiters and record parsing capabilities to Sqoop.
• Assignee: Aaron Kimball
• Reporter: Aaron Kimball
• Created: 03/Jul/09 19:09
• Updated: 02/Jul/10 06:31
• Resolved: 22/Jul/09 14:14

Description

Sqoop needs a mechanism for users to govern how fields are quoted and what delimiter characters separate fields and records. With delimiters providing an unambiguous format, a parse method can reconstitute the generated record data object from a text-based representation of the same record.