Separate docs for MySQL Connectors
The MySQL documentation section has always had this Topic Guides page containing links to the docs for the various MySQL Connectors -- the official database drivers for various languages and...
View ArticleError Handling: Or, How to Start an Argument Among Programmers
Lately I see a lot of discussions come up about error handling. For example: Dr. Dobbs "The Scourge of Error Handling" covering mainly C-descended languages; this blog post stemming from OTN...
View ArticleNew Job for John
Hello readers of my infrequent blog posts! I have started a new job, working on documentation for Cloudera, specifically for the Impala project, which is bringing fast interactive SQL to the Hadoop...
View ArticleDocumentation for Cloudera Impala 1.0
The Cloudera docs have been undergoing some reorganization lately. That applies double to the Impala documentation, which moved from beta to GA status and has been restructured at the same time. For...
View ArticleMy history with Big Data
Before I joined Cloudera, I hadn't had much formal experience with Big Data. But I had crossed paths with one of its major use cases before, so I found it easy to pick up the mindset. My previous big...
View ArticleImpala Doc Reorg - January 2014
When Impala started, many of the early adopters were experts in HiveQL, so the Impala documentation assumed some familiarity with Hive SQL syntax and behavior. The Impala SQL reference info was...
View ArticleImpala docs now included in CDH 5 library
With the release of CDH 5.0.0 and Impala 1.3.0, now for the first time the Impala docs are embedded alongside the CDH Installation Guide, Security Guide, and other CDH docs. This integration makes it...
View ArticleUpdate to "Getting Started with Impala" in the Pipeline
Sometime soon, there will be an update to the first edition of the "Getting Started with Impala" book from O'Reilly. It'll have about 30 new pages covering new features such as analytic functions,...
View ArticleNew navigation feature in Cloudera docs: Categories
If you've visited the Cloudera documentation lately, you might have noticed some new links down at the bottom of each page. The doc team implemented a system of Wiki-style categories, covering various...
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