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CSV and TSV output formats are maintained for backward compatibility, but beware as they add additional single-quote characters around all cell values contrary to this convention.

HiveServer2 Logging

Starting with Hive 0.14.0, HiveServer2 operation logs are available for Beeline clients. These parameters configure logging:

• hive.server2.logging.operation.enabled
• hive.server2.logging.operation.log.location
• hive.server2.logging.operation.verbose (Hive 0.14 to 1.1)
• hive.server2.logging.operation.level (Hive 1.2 onward)

JDBC

HiveServer2 has a new JDBC driver. It supports both embedded and remote access to HiveServer2.

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