Hadoop Beginner's Guide

Time for action – fixing the mapping and re-running the export

In this case, however, let us do what probably makes more sense—modifying the definition of the employee table to make it consistent in both data sources.

1. Start the mysql utility:

   $ mysql -u hadoopuser -p hadooptest
   Enter password: 
   

2. Change the type of the start_date column:

   mysql> alter table employees modify column start_date timestamp;
   

   You will receive the following response:

   Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
   Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0
   

3. Display the table definition:

   mysql> describe employees; 
   

   
4. Quit the mysql tool:

   mysql> quit;
   

5. Perform the Sqoop export:

   sqoop export --connect ...