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[7/7] incubator-hawq-docs git commit: HAWQ-1119 - create doc content
for PXF writable profiles (closes #46)
HAWQ-1119 - create doc content for PXF writable profiles (closes #46)
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Commit: c8cb3027671b58580c4b28118aefb4261085255b
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Author: Lisa Owen <lo...@pivotal.io>
Authored: Wed Jan 18 11:37:19 2017 -0800
Committer: David Yozie <yo...@apache.org>
Committed: Wed Jan 18 11:37:19 2017 -0800
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<li><a href="/docs/userguide/2.1.0.0-incubating/pxf/HivePXF.html">Accessing Hive Data</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/userguide/2.1.0.0-incubating/pxf/HBasePXF.html">Accessing HBase Data</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/userguide/2.1.0.0-incubating/pxf/JsonPXF.html">Accessing JSON Data</a></li>
+ <li><a href="/docs/userguide/2.1.0.0-incubating/pxf/HDFSWritablePXF.html">Writing Data to HDFS</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/userguide/2.1.0.0-incubating/pxf/ReadWritePXF.html">Using Profiles to Read and Write Data</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/userguide/2.1.0.0-incubating/pxf/PXFExternalTableandAPIReference.html">PXF External Tables and API</a></li>
<li><a href="/docs/userguide/2.1.0.0-incubating/pxf/TroubleshootingPXF.html">Troubleshooting PXF</a></li>
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+---
+title: Writing Data to HDFS
+---
+
+The PXF HDFS plug-in supports writable external tables using the `HdfsTextSimple` and `SequenceWritable` profiles. You might create a writable table to export data from a HAWQ internal table to binary or text HDFS files.
+
+Use the `HdfsTextSimple` profile when writing text data. Use the `SequenceWritable` profile when dealing with binary data.
+
+This section describes how to use these PXF profiles to create writable external tables.
+
+**Note**: Tables that you create with writable profiles can only be used for INSERT operations. If you want to query inserted data, you must define a separate external readable table that references the new HDFS file using the equivalent readable profile.
+
+## <a id="pxfwrite_prereq"></a>Prerequisites
+
+Before working with HDFS file data using HAWQ and PXF, ensure that:
+
+- The HDFS plug-in is installed on all cluster nodes. See [Installing PXF Plug-ins](InstallPXFPlugins.html) for PXF plug-in installation information.
+- All HDFS users have read permissions to HDFS services.
+- HDFS write permissions are provided to a restricted set of users.
+
+## <a id="hdfsplugin_writeextdata"></a>Writing to PXF External Tables
+The PXF HDFS plug-in supports two writable profiles: `HdfsTextSimple` and `SequenceWritable`.
+
+Use the following syntax to create a HAWQ external writable table representing HDFS data:�
+
+``` sql
+CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE <table_name>
+ ( <column_name> <data_type> [, ...] | LIKE <other_table> )
+LOCATION ('pxf://<host>[:<port>]/<path-to-hdfs-file>
+ ?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple|SequenceWritable[&<custom-option>=<value>[...]]')
+FORMAT '[TEXT|CSV|CUSTOM]' (<formatting-properties>);
+```
+
+HDFS-plug-in-specific keywords and values used in the [CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE](../reference/sql/CREATE-EXTERNAL-TABLE.html) call are described in the table below.
+
+| Keyword | Value |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|
+| \<host\>[:\<port\>] | The HDFS NameNode and port. |
+| \<path-to-hdfs-file\> | The path to the file in the HDFS data store. |
+| PROFILE | The `PROFILE` keyword must specify one of the values `HdfsTextSimple` or `SequenceWritable`. |
+| \<custom-option\> | \<custom-option\> is profile-specific. These options are discussed in the next topic.|
+| FORMAT 'TEXT' | Use '`TEXT`' `FORMAT` with the `HdfsTextSimple` profile to create a plain-text-delimited file at the location specified by \<path-to-hdfs-file\>. The `HdfsTextSimple` '`TEXT`' `FORMAT` supports only the built-in `(delimiter=<delim>)` \<formatting-property\>. |
+| FORMAT 'CSV' | Use '`CSV`' `FORMAT` with the `HdfsTextSimple` profile to create a comma-separated-value file at the location specified by \<path-to-hdfs-file\>. |
+| FORMAT 'CUSTOM' | Use the `'CUSTOM'` `FORMAT` with the `SequenceWritable` profile. The `SequenceWritable` '`CUSTOM`' `FORMAT` supports only the built-in `(formatter='pxfwritable_export)` (write) and `(formatter='pxfwritable_import)` (read) \<formatting-properties\>.
+
+**Note**: When creating PXF external tables, you cannot use the `HEADER` option in your `FORMAT` specification.
+
+## <a id="profile_hdfstextsimple"></a>Custom Options
+
+The `HdfsTextSimple` and `SequenceWritable` profiles support the following custom options:
+
+| Option | Value Description | Profile |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|--------|
+| COMPRESSION_CODEC | The compression codec Java class name. If this option is not provided, no data compression is performed. Supported compression codecs include: `org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec` and `org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec` | HdfsTextSimple, SequenceWritable |
+| COMPRESSION_CODEC | `org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec` | HdfsTextSimple |
+| COMPRESSION_TYPE | The compression type to employ; supported values are `RECORD` (the default) or `BLOCK`. | HdfsTextSimple, SequenceWritable |
+| DATA-SCHEMA | The name of the writer serialization/deserialization class. The jar file in which this class resides must be in the PXF classpath. This option is required for the `SequenceWritable` profile and has no default value. | SequenceWritable|
+| THREAD-SAFE | Boolean value determining if a table query can run in multi-threaded mode. The default value is `TRUE`. Set this option to `FALSE` to handle all requests in a single thread for operations that are not thread-safe (for example, compression). | HdfsTextSimple, SequenceWritable|
+
+## <a id="profile_hdfstextsimple"></a>HdfsTextSimple Profile
+
+Use the `HdfsTextSimple` profile when writing delimited data to a plain text file where each line is a single record.
+
+Writable tables created using the `HdfsTextSimple` profile can optionally use record or block compression. The following compression codecs are supported:
+
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec
+
+The `HdfsTextSimple` profile supports the following \<formatting-properties\>:
+
+| Keyword | Value |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|
+| delimiter | The delimiter character to use when writing the file. Default value is a comma `,`.|
+
+
+### <a id="profile_hdfstextsimple_writing"></a>Example: Writing Data Using the HdfsTextSimple Profile
+
+This example uses the data schema introduced in [Example: Using the HdfsTextSimple Profile] (HDFSFileDataPXF.html#profile_hdfstextsimple_query):
+
+
+| Field Name | Data Type |
+|-------|-------------------------------------|
+| location | text |
+| month | text |
+| number\_of\_orders | int |
+| total\_sales | float8 |
+
+This example also uses the HAWQ table `pxf_hdfs_textsimple` created in that exercise and expects it to exist.
+
+
+Perform the following operations to use the PXF `HdfsTextSimple` profile to create a HAWQ writable external table with the same data schema as defined above. You will also create a separate external readable table to read the associated HDFS file.
+
+1. Create a writable HAWQ external table with the data schema described above. Write to the HDFS file `/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1`. Create the table specifying a comma `,` as the delimiter:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1(location text, month text, num_orders int, total_sales float8)
+ LOCATION ('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple')
+ FORMAT 'TEXT' (delimiter=E',');
+ ```
+
+ The `FORMAT` subclause `delimiter` value is specified as the single ascii comma character `,`. `E` escapes the character.
+
+2. Write a few records to the `pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1` HDFS file by invoking the SQL `INSERT` command on `pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1 VALUES ( 'Frankfurt', 'Mar', 777, 3956.98 );
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1 VALUES ( 'Cleveland', 'Oct', 3812, 96645.37 );
+ ```
+
+3. Insert the contents of the `pxf_hdfs_textsimple` table created in [Example: Using the HdfsTextSimple Profile] (HDFSFileDataPXF.html#profile_hdfstextsimple_query) into `pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_1 SELECT * FROM pxf_hdfs_textsimple;
+ ```
+
+4. View the file contents in HDFS:
+
+ ``` shell
+ $ hdfs dfs -cat /data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1/*
+ Frankfurt,Mar,777,3956.98
+ Cleveland,Oct,3812,96645.37
+ Prague,Jan,101,4875.33
+ Rome,Mar,87,1557.39
+ Bangalore,May,317,8936.99
+ Beijing,Jul,411,11600.67
+ ```
+
+ Because you specified comma `,` as the delimiter, this character is the field separator used in each record of the HDFS file.
+
+5. Querying an external writable table is not supported in HAWQ. To query data from the newly-created HDFS file, create a readable external HAWQ table referencing the HDFS file:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE pxf_hdfs_textsimple_r1(location text, month text, num_orders int, total_sales float8)
+ LOCATION ('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple1?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple')
+ FORMAT 'CSV';
+ ```
+
+ Specify the `'CSV'` `FORMAT` for the readable table, because you created the writable table with a comma `,` as the delimiter character.
+
+6. Query the readable external table `pxf_hdfs_textsimple_r1`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# SELECT * FROM pxf_hdfs_textsimple_r1;
+ ```
+
+ ``` pre
+ location | month | num_orders | total_sales
+ -----------+-------+------------+-------------
+ Frankfurt | Mar | 777 | 3956.98
+ Cleveland | Oct | 3812 | 96645.37
+ Prague | Jan | 101 | 4875.33
+ Rome | Mar | 87 | 1557.39
+ Bangalore | May | 317 | 8936.99
+ Beijing | Jul | 411 | 11600.67
+ (6 rows)
+ ```
+
+ The table includes the records you individually inserted, as well as the full contents of the `pxf_hdfs_textsimple` table.
+
+7. Create a second HAWQ external writable table, this time using Gzip compression and employing a colon `:` as the delimiter:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2 (location text, month text, num_orders int, total_sales float8)
+ LOCATION ('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2?PROFILE=HdfsTextSimple&COMPRESSION_CODEC=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec')
+ FORMAT 'TEXT' (delimiter=E':');
+ ```
+
+8. Write a few records to the `pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2` HDFS file by inserting into the `pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2` table:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2 VALUES ( 'Frankfurt', 'Mar', 777, 3956.98 );
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_hdfs_writabletbl_2 VALUES ( 'Cleveland', 'Oct', 3812, 96645.37 );
+ ```
+
+9. View the file contents in HDFS; use the `-text` option to `hdfs dfs` to view the compressed data as text:
+
+ ``` shell
+ $ hdfs dfs -text /data/pxf_examples/pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2/*
+ Frankfurt:Mar:777:3956.98
+ Cleveland:Oct:3812:96645.3
+ ```
+
+ Notice that the colon `:` is the field separator in the HDFS file.
+
+ As described in Step 5 above, to query data from the newly-created HDFS file named `pxfwritable_hdfs_textsimple2`, you can create a readable external HAWQ table referencing this HDFS file.
+
+
+## <a id="profile_hdfsseqwritable_using"></a>SequenceWritable Profile
+
+Use the HDFS plug-in `SequenceWritable` profile when writing SequenceFile format files. Files of this type consist of binary key/value pairs. Sequence files are a common data transfer format between MapReduce jobs.
+
+SequenceFile format files can optionally use record or block compression. The following compression codecs are supported:
+
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.DefaultCodec
+- org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec
+
+When using the `SequenceWritable` profile to write a SequenceFile format file, you must provide the name of the Java class to use for serializing/deserializing the data. This class must provide read and write methods for the fields in the schema associated with the data.
+
+### <a id="profile_hdfsseqwritable_writing"></a>Example: Writing Data Using the SequenceWritable Profile
+
+In this example, you will create a Java class named `PxfExample_CustomWritable` that will serialize/deserialize the fields in the sample schema used in previous examples. You will then use this class to access a writable external table created with the `SequenceWritable` profile.
+
+Perform the following steps to create the Java class and writable table.
+
+1. Prepare to create the sample Java class:
+
+ ``` shell
+ $ mkdir -p pxfex/com/hawq/example/pxf/hdfs/writable/dataschema
+ $ cd pxfex/com/hawq/example/pxf/hdfs/writable/dataschema
+ $ vi PxfExample_CustomWritable.java
+ ```
+
+2. Copy and paste the following text into the `PxfExample_CustomWritable.java` file:
+
+ ``` java
+ package com.hawq.example.pxf.hdfs.writable.dataschema;
+
+ import org.apache.hadoop.io.*;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+ /**
+ * PxfExample_CustomWritable class - used to serialize and deserialize data with
+ * text, int, and float data types
+ */
+public class PxfExample_CustomWritable implements Writable {
+
+ public String st1, st2;
+ public int int1;
+ public float ft;
+
+ public PxfExample_CustomWritable() {
+ st1 = new String("");
+ st2 = new String("");
+ int1 = 0;
+ ft = 0.f;
+ }
+
+ public PxfExample_CustomWritable(int i1, int i2, int i3) {
+
+ st1 = new String("short_string___" + i1);
+ st2 = new String("short_string___" + i1);
+ int1 = i2;
+ ft = i1 * 10.f * 2.3f;
+
+ }
+
+ String GetSt1() {
+ return st1;
+ }
+
+ String GetSt2() {
+ return st2;
+ }
+
+ int GetInt1() {
+ return int1;
+ }
+
+ float GetFt() {
+ return ft;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
+
+ Text txt = new Text();
+ txt.set(st1);
+ txt.write(out);
+ txt.set(st2);
+ txt.write(out);
+
+ IntWritable intw = new IntWritable();
+ intw.set(int1);
+ intw.write(out);
+
+ FloatWritable fw = new FloatWritable();
+ fw.set(ft);
+ fw.write(out);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
+
+ Text txt = new Text();
+ txt.readFields(in);
+ st1 = txt.toString();
+ txt.readFields(in);
+ st2 = txt.toString();
+
+ IntWritable intw = new IntWritable();
+ intw.readFields(in);
+ int1 = intw.get();
+
+ FloatWritable fw = new FloatWritable();
+ fw.readFields(in);
+ ft = fw.get();
+ }
+
+ public void printFieldTypes() {
+ Class myClass = this.getClass();
+ Field[] fields = myClass.getDeclaredFields();
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+ System.out.println(fields[i].getType().getName());
+ }
+ }
+}
+ ```
+
+3. Compile and create a Java class JAR file for `PxfExample_CustomWritable`:
+
+ ``` shell
+ $ javac -classpath /usr/hdp/2.5.3.0-37/hadoop/hadoop-common.jar PxfExample_CustomWritable.java
+ $ cd ../../../../../../../
+ $ jar cf pxfex-customwritable.jar com
+ $ cp pxfex-customwritable.jar /tmp/
+ ```
+
+ (Your Hadoop library classpath may differ.)
+
+4. Include the new jar file in the PXF Agent classpath by updating the `pxf-public.classpath` file. If you use Ambari to manage your cluster, add the following line via the Ambari UI and restart the PXF Agent:
+
+ ``` pre
+ /tmp/pxfex-customwritable.jar
+ ```
+
+ If you have a command-line-managed HAWQ cluster, perform the following steps on each node in your HAWQ cluster:
+ - Directly edit `/etc/pxf/conf/pxf-public.classpath` and add the line above.
+ - Restart the PXF Agent:
+
+ ``` shell
+ $ sudo service pxf-service restart
+ ```
+
+5. Use the PXF `SequenceWritable` profile to create a writable HAWQ external table. Identify the serialization/deserialization Java class you created above in the `DATA-SCHEMA` \<custom-option\>. Use `BLOCK` mode compression with `BZip2` when creating the writable table.
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE WRITABLE EXTERNAL TABLE pxf_tbl_seqwrit (location text, month text, number_of_orders integer, total_sales real)
+ LOCATION ('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxf_seqwrit_file?PROFILE=SequenceWritable&DATA-SCHEMA=com.hawq.example.pxf.hdfs.writable.dataschema.PxfExample_CustomWritable&COMPRESSION_TYPE=BLOCK&COMPRESSION_CODEC=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.BZip2Codec')
+ FORMAT 'CUSTOM' (formatter='pxfwritable_export');
+ ```
+
+ Notice that the `'CUSTOM'` `FORMAT` \<formatting-properties\> specify the built-in `pxfwritable_export` formatter.
+
+6. Insert some data into `pxf_tbl_seqwrit`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_tbl_seqwrit VALUES ( 'Frankfurt', 'Mar', 777, 3956.98 );
+ gpadmin=# INSERT INTO pxf_tbl_seqwrit VALUES ( 'Cleveland', 'Oct', 3812, 96645.37 );
+ ```
+
+6. Recall that querying an external writable table is not supported in HAWQ. To read the newly-created writable table, create a HAWQ readable external table referencing the writable table's HDFS file:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE read_pxf_tbl_seqwrit (location text, month text, number_of_orders integer, total_sales real)
+ LOCATION ('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxf_seqwrit_file?PROFILE=SequenceWritable&DATA-SCHEMA=com.hawq.example.pxf.hdfs.writable.dataschema.PxfExample_CustomWritable')
+ FORMAT 'CUSTOM' (formatter='pxfwritable_import');
+ ```
+ The `DATA-SCHEMA` \<custom-option\> must be specified when reading an HDFS file via the `SequenceWritable` profile. Compression-related options need not be provided.
+
+6. Query the readable external table `read_pxf_tbl_seqwrit`:
+
+ ``` sql
+ gpadmin=# SELECT * FROM read_pxf_tbl_seqwrit;
+ ```
+
+ ``` pre
+ location | month | number_of_orders | total_sales
+ -----------+-------+------------------+-------------
+ Frankfurt | Mar | 777 | 3956.98
+ Cleveland | Oct | 3812 | 96645.4
+ (2 rows)
+ ```
+
+## <a id="recordkeyinkey-valuefileformats"></a>Reading the Record Key
+
+When a HAWQ external table references a SequenceFile or another file format that store rows in a key-value format, you can access the key values in HAWQ queries by using the `recordkey` keyword as a field name.
+
+The field type of `recordkey` must correspond to the key type, much as the other fields must match the HDFS data.�
+
+`recordkey` can be any of the following Hadoop types:
+
+- BooleanWritable
+- ByteWritable
+- DoubleWritable
+- FloatWritable
+- IntWritable
+- LongWritable
+- Text
+
+### <a id="example1"></a>Example: Using Record Keys
+
+Create an external readable table to access the record keys from the writable table `pxf_tbl_seqwrit` that you created in [Example: Writing Data Using the SequenceWritable Profile](#profile_hdfsseqwritable_writing). The `recordkey` is of type `int8`.
+
+``` sql
+gpadmin=# CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE read_pxf_tbl_seqwrit_RECKEY (recordkey int8, location text, month text, number_of_orders integer, total_sales real)
+ LOCATION ('pxf://namenode:51200/data/pxf_examples/pxf_seqwrit_file?PROFILE=SequenceWritable&DATA-SCHEMA=com.hawq.example.pxf.hdfs.writable.dataschema.PxfExample_CustomWritable')
+ FORMAT 'CUSTOM' (formatter='pxfwritable_import');
+gpadmin=# SELECT * FROM read_pxf_tbl_seqwrit_RECKEY;
+```
+
+``` pre
+ recordkey | location | month | number_of_orders | total_sales
+-----------+-------------+-------+------------------+-------------
+ 0 | Frankfurt | Mar | 777 | 3956.98
+ 0 | Cleveland | Oct | 3812 | 96645.4
+(2 rows)
+```
+
+The `recordkey` is `0` because you did not identify a record key when you inserted entries into the writable table.
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This topic describes how to access JSON data using PXF.
+- **[Writing Data to HDFS](../pxf/HDFSWritablePXF.html)**
+
+ This topic describes how to write to HDFS using PXF.
+
- **[Using Profiles to Read and Write Data](../pxf/ReadWritePXF.html)**
PXF profiles are collections of common metadata attributes that can be used to simplify the reading and writing of data. You can use any of the built-in profiles that come with PXF or you can create your own.