[SQOOP-1322] Enhance Sqoop HCatalog Integration to cover features introduced in newer Hive versions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.4
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.5

Environment

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• Assignee: Venkat Ranganathan
• Reporter: Venkat Ranganathan
• Created: 20/May/14 18:03
• Updated: 14/Jul/14 03:50
• Resolved: 13/Jul/14 22:47

Description

SQOOP-931 introduced HCatalog integration with Sqoop. Since then there have been enhancements to HCatalog in Hive. This is to update the HCatalog support in Sqoop

Issue Links

• blocks: SQOOP-1353 Sqoop 1.4.5 release preparation
• links to: review board link

Sub-Tasks

• Update HCatalog version to 0.13 in Sqoop builds: Resolved
• Support new hive datatypes in Sqoop hcatalog integration: Resolved
• Make hcatalog object names escaped during creation so that reserved words are properly processed: Resolved
• Support multiple static partition keys for better integration support: Resolved
• Document Hcatalog integration enhancements introduced in SQOOP-1322: Resolved