Using spark/scala, I use saveAsTextFile() to HDFS, but hiveql("select count(*) from...) return 0 - hadoop

Question

I created external table as follows...
hive -e "create external table temp_db.temp_table (a char(10), b int) PARTITIONED BY (PART_DATE VARCHAR(10)) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' STORED AS TEXTFILE LOCATION '/work/temp_db/temp_table'"
And I use saveAsTextFile() with scala in IntelliJ IDEA as follows...
itemsRdd.map(_.makeTsv).saveAsTextFile("hdfs://work/temp_db/temp_table/2016/07/19")
So the file(fields terminated by '\t') was in the /work/temp_db/temp_table/2016/07/19.
hadoop fs -ls /work/temp_db/temp_table/2016/07/19/part-00000 <- data file..
But, I checked with hiveql, there are no datas as follows.
hive -e "select count(*) from temp_db.temp_table" -> 0.
hive -e "select * from temp_db.temp_table limit 5" -> 0 rows fetched.
Help me what to do. Thanks.

Answer 1

you are saving at wrong location from spark. Partition dir name follows part_col_name=part_value.
In Spark: save file at directory part_date=2016%2F07%2F19 under temp_table dir
itemsRdd.map(_.makeTsv)
.saveAsTextFile("hdfs://work/temp_db/temp_table/part_date=2016%2F07%2F19")
add partitions: You will need to add partition that should update hive table's metadata (partition dir we have created from spark as hive expected key=value format)
alter table temp_table add partition (PART_DATE='2016/07/19');
[cloudera#quickstart ~]$ hadoop fs -ls /user/hive/warehouse/temp_table/part*|awk '{print $NF}'
/user/hive/warehouse/temp_table/part_date=2016%2F07%2F19/part-00000
/user/hive/warehouse/temp_table/part_date=2016-07-19/part-00000
query partitioned data:
hive> alter table temp_table add partition (PART_DATE='2016/07/19');
OK
Time taken: 0.16 seconds
hive> select * from temp_table where PART_DATE='2016/07/19';
OK
test1 123 2016/07/19
Time taken: 0.219 seconds, Fetched: 1 row(s)
hive> select * from temp_table;
OK
test1 123 2016/07/19
test1 123 2016-07-19
Time taken: 0.199 seconds, Fetched: 2 row(s)
For Everyday process: you can run saprk job like this - just add partitions right after saveAsTextFile(), aslo note the s in alter statement. it is need to pass variable in hive sql from spark:
val format = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd")
vat date = format.format(new java.util.Date())
itemsRDD.saveAsTextFile("/user/hive/warehouse/temp_table/part=$date")
val hive = new HiveContext(sc)
hive.sql(s"alter table temp_table add partition (PART_DATE='$date')")
NOTE: Add partition after saving the file or else spark will throw directory already exist exception as hive creates dir (if not exist) when adding partition.