-- --schema doesn't work with Sqoop create-hive-table - hortonworks-data-platform

Question

HDP-2.5.0.0 using Ambari 2.4.0.1
I'm able to create a table in HCatalog from a SQL Server source db, for example :
sqoop import --null-string '\\N' --null-non-string '\\N' --hive-delims-replacement '\0D' --hcatalog-home /usr/hdp/current/hive-webhcat --hcatalog-database MS_Management_Coaching --hcatalog-table TripAggregate --create-hcatalog-table --hcatalog-storage-stanza 'stored as orc tblproperties ("orc.compress"="ZLIB")' --validate --connect 'jdbc:sqlserver://<DB server>;database=Management' --username uname--password pwd--table TripAggregate -- --schema Coaching
but when I try to use a the --create-hive-table, the -- --schema option doesn't work, no matter where I position it :
-bash-4.2$ sqoop create-hive-table --hive-database test --connect 'jdbc:sqlserver://<DB Server>;database=Management' --username uname--password pwd--table TripAggregate -- --schema Coaching
Warning: /usr/hdp/2.5.0.0-1245/accumulo does not exist! Accumulo imports will fail.
Please set $ACCUMULO_HOME to the root of your Accumulo installation.
16/10/12 21:28:13 INFO sqoop.Sqoop: Running Sqoop version: 1.4.6.2.5.0.0-1245
16/10/12 21:28:13 WARN tool.BaseSqoopTool: Setting your password on the command-line is insecure. Consider using -P instead.
16/10/12 21:28:13 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Error parsing arguments for create-hive-table:
16/10/12 21:28:13 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --
16/10/12 21:28:13 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: --schema
16/10/12 21:28:13 ERROR tool.BaseSqoopTool: Unrecognized argument: DriverCoaching
Try --help for usage instructions.

Answer 1

If the argument -- is given on the command-line, then subsequent arguments are sent directly to the underlying tool.
After looking into sqoop code, I found that in --create-hive-table flow does not go to the underlying tool. That's why you are not able to use -- --schema in your command.
Useful part of source code for ImportTool :
public void validateOptions(SqoopOptions options)
throws InvalidOptionsException {
// If extraArguments is full, check for '--' followed by args for
// mysqldump or other commands we rely on.
options.setExtraArgs(getSubcommandArgs(extraArguments));
int dashPos = getDashPosition(extraArguments);
if (hasUnrecognizedArgs(extraArguments, 0, dashPos)) {
throw new InvalidOptionsException(HELP_STR);
}
validateImportOptions(options);
validateIncrementalOptions(options);
validateCommonOptions(options);
validateCodeGenOptions(options);
validateOutputFormatOptions(options);
validateHBaseOptions(options);
validateHiveOptions(options);
validateHCatalogOptions(options);
validateAccumuloOptions(options);
}
Useful part of source code for CreateHiveTable :
public void validateOptions(SqoopOptions options)
throws InvalidOptionsException {
if (hasUnrecognizedArgs(extraArguments)) {
throw new InvalidOptionsException(HELP_STR);
}
validateCommonOptions(options);
validateOutputFormatOptions(options);
validateHiveOptions(options);
if (options.getTableName() == null) {
throw new InvalidOptionsException(
"--table is required for table definition importing." + HELP_STR);
}
}
you see no checking for -- args is done in the later.
Edit:
--hive-import by default creates hive table and you can use -- --schema with import command. If you want sqoop to create hive table for you and import data in that table. It should work for you.