scala> val hc = new org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext(sc)
warning: there was one deprecation warning; re-run with -deprecation for details
hc: org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext = org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveContext@6dde913e

scala> hc.setConf("hive.metastore.uris","thrift://127.0.0.1:9083")

scala> val df = hc.sql("show databases")
df: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame = [databaseName: string]

scala> df.show
+------------+
|databaseName|
+------------+
|     default|
+------------+


scala> val dfTables = hc.sql("show tables");
dfTables: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame = [database: string, tableName: string ... 1 more field]

scala> dfTables.show
+--------+---------+-----------+
|database|tableName|isTemporary|
+--------+---------+-----------+
+--------+---------+-----------+

hive> show databases;
OK
default
mydbbackup
Time taken: 7.593 seconds, Fetched: 2 row(s)
hive> use mydbbackup;
OK
Time taken: 0.021 seconds
hive> show tables;
OK
customers
customerspart
customerspart1
Time taken: 0.194 seconds, Fetched: 3 row(s)
hive>

<configuration>
<property>
<name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name>
<value>jdbc:derby:;databaseName=/home/hduser/apache-hive-2.3.0-bin/metastore_db;create=true</value>
<description>
JDBC connect string for a JDBC metastore.
To use SSL to encrypt/authenticate the connection, provide database-specific SSL flag in the connection URL.
For example, jdbc:postgresql://myhost/db?ssl=true for postgres database.
</description>
</property>
<property>
<name>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir</name>
<value>/user/hive/warehouse</value>
<description>location of default database for the warehouse</description>
</property>
<property>
<name>hive.metastore.uris</name>
<value/>
<description>Thrift URI for the remote metastore. Used by metastore client to connect to remote metastore.</description>
</property>
<property>
<name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name>
<value>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</value>
<description>Driver class name for a JDBC metastore</description>
</property>
<property>
<name>javax.jdo.PersistenceManagerFactoryClass</name>
<value>org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory</value>
<description>class implementing the jdo persistence</description>
</property>
</configuration>

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