- INFORMATION
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gcloud beta biglake hive tables createis not available in universe domainuniverse. - NAME
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- gcloud beta biglake hive tables create - create a BigLake Hive table
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta biglake hive tables create(TABLE:--catalog=CATALOG--database=DATABASE)--file=FILE[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Create a BigLake Hive table. - EXAMPLES
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To create a table
my_tablein parent catalogmy-catalogand databasemy-databaseusing a creation request fromtable_creation.json, run:gcloud beta biglake hive tables create my_table --database=my-database --catalog=my-catalog --file=table_creation.jsonThe storageDescriptor field is required and must be specified in the file.
Example
table_creation.json:{ "name": "my_table", "storageDescriptor": { "locationUri": "gs://my-bucket/my-database/my_table", "inputFormat": "org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat", "outputFormat": "org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat", "serdeInfo": { "name": "my_table", "serializationLib": "org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe" }, "columns": [ {"name": "id", "type": "int"}, {"name": "name", "type": "string"} ] }, "parameters": { "EXTERNAL": "TRUE" } }
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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Table resource - The Hive Table to create. The arguments in this group can be
used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not
given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
To set the
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
tableon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
TABLE-
ID of the table or fully qualified identifier for the table.
To set the
tableattribute:-
provide the argument
tableon the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument
--catalog=CATALOG-
The Hive Catalog for the resource.
To set the
catalogattribute:-
provide the argument
tableon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--catalogon the command line.
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provide the argument
--database=DATABASE-
The Hive Database for the resource.
To set the
databaseattribute:-
provide the argument
tableon the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--databaseon the command line.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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Table resource - The Hive Table to create. The arguments in this group can be
used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not
given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--file=FILE-
Path to a JSON or YAML file containing the Hive table definition. The format
must follow the Hive Metastore API specification for
HiveTable. The fieldstorageDescriptormust be specified.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
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This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. This variant
is also available:
gcloud alpha biglake hive tables create
gcloud beta biglake hive tables create
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