An instance of the Spark SQL execution engine that integrates with data stored in Hive.
An instance of the Spark SQL execution engine that integrates with data stored in Hive. Configuration for Hive is read from hive-site.xml on the classpath.
(Since version 2.0.0) Use SparkSession.builder.enableHiveSupport instead
Support for running Spark SQL queries using functionality from Apache Hive (does not require an existing Hive installation). Supported Hive features include:
Users that would like access to this functionality should create a HiveContext instead of a SQLContext.