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1. Download, install and start the SQuirrel SQL Client from the SQuirrel SQL website.
2. Select 'Drivers -> New Driver...' to register the Hive JDBC driver.

   1. Enter the driver name and example URL:

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      Name: Hive Example URL: jdbc:hive2hive://localhost:10000/default

1. Select 'Extra Class Path -> Add' to add the following jars from your local Hive and Hadoop distribution. You will need to build Hive from the trunk after the commit of HIVE-679.

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   HIVE_HOME/build/dist/lib/*.jar HADOOP_HOME/hadoop-*-core.jar

2. Select 'List Drivers'. This will cause SQuirrel to parse your jars for JDBC drivers and might take a few seconds. From the 'Class Name' input box select the Hive driver:

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   org.apache.hadoop.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver

3. Click 'OK' to complete the driver registration.

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