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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Hadoop

You're reading from  Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Hadoop

Product type Book
Published in Aug 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782177982
Pages 96 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Debarchan Sarkar Debarchan Sarkar
Profile icon Debarchan Sarkar

Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Hadoop
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface
1. Introduction to Big Data and Hadoop 2. Using Sqoop – The SQL Server Hadoop Connector 3. Using the Hive ODBC Driver 4. Creating a Data Model with SQL Server Analysis Services 5. Using Microsoft's Self-Service Business Intelligence Tools Index

The Hive ODBC Driver


One of the main advantages of Hive is that it provides a querying experience that is similar to that of a relational database, which is a familiar technique for many business users. Essentially, it allows all ODBC compliant clients to consume HDFS data through familiar ODBC Data Sources (DSN), thus exposing Hadoop to a wide and diverse range of client applications.

There are several ODBC drivers available presently in the market that work on top of their own distribution of Hadoop. In this book, we will focus on the Microsoft ODBC driver for Hive that bridges the gap between Hadoop and SQL Server along with its rich business intelligence and visualization tools. The driver can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=37134.

The driver comes in two flavors, 64 bit and 32 bit, so please make sure that you download and install the appropriate driver depending upon the bit configuration of your client application. In my case, since I am going...

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