Importing and Exporting Data Using the MapR Connector for Teradata

You can specify MapR Connector for Teradata options using any of these methods:

  • Configuration file
  • -D command line option
  • Sqoop options

Some Sqoop options are unsupported in the current release. For a list of unsupported Sqoop options, see Sqoop TDCH Import and Export Options.

This table shows examples for importing and exporting data:

Table 1. Examples for Importing and Exporting Data
Operation Example
Import from Hive and HCatalog Importing from Hive and HCatalog requires that HIVE_HOME and HCAT_HOME be specified before the Sqoop command is run or using --hive-home/--hcatalog-home options. This example shows the environment variable setup: 
export HIVE_HOME=/opt/mapr/hive/hive-1.2
export HCAT_HOME=/opt/mapr/hive/hive-1.2/hcatalog
Or
sqoop import --connect jdbc:teradata://<hostname>/database=test --connection-manager org.apache.connectors.td.TeradataManager --username test --password test --table test --hive-import --hive-overwrite --hive-home /opt/mapr/hive/hive-1.2/
Import from Teradata to MapR File System 
sqoop import --connect jdbc:teradata://<hostname>/database=test --connection-manager org.apache.connectors.td.TeradataManager --username test --password test --table test --target-dir /user/mapr/test
Import from Teradata into a Hive Table 
sqoop import --connect jdbc:teradata://<hostname>/database=test --connection-manager org.apache.connectors.td.TeradataManager --username test --password test --table test --hive-import --hive-overwrite --hive-home /opt/mapr/hive/hive-1.2/ --fields-terminated-by ';'
Import from Teradata into an HCatalog Table 
sqoop import --connect jdbc:teradata://<hostname>/database=test --connection-manager org.apache.connectors.td.TeradataManager --username test --password test --table test --hcatalog-table test
Import from Teradata into a Hive Table Stored as RCFile
NOTE If you must import to a table stored as an RCFile or ORCFile, the table must be created before data is imported.
 
sqoop import -D tdch.fileformat="rcfile" --connect jdbc:teradata://<hostname>/database=test --connection-manager org.apache.connectors.td.TeradataManager --username test --password test --table test --hive-import --hive-overwrite --hive-home /opt/mapr/hive/hive-1.2/
Export to Teradata 
sqoop export --connect jdbc:teradata://<hostname>/database=test --connection-manager org.apache.connectors.td.TeradataManager --username test --password test --table test --export-dir /user/mapr/test
Export from an AVRO File to Teradata 
sqoop export -D tdch.fileformat="avrofile" --connect jdbc:teradata://<hostname>/database=test --connection-manager org.apache.connectors.td.TeradataManager --username test --password test --table test --export-dir /user/mapr/avro