Differentiate between PigLatin and HiveQL

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What is the difference between PigLatin and HiveQL?
Comparision between PigLatin and HiveQL?

[DataFlair Team]

In order to compare both Pig and Hive, we need to dig deep into both on the basis of their features, but it is important to know their introduction first, so follow below links to learn their introduction:

Introduction to Pig Latin Operators and Statements

Apache Hive Tutorial – A Single Best Comprehensive Guide for 2018

Now, let’s learn their comparison:

Pig vs Hive

1. Data Flow language:
Pig
It has Procedural Data Flow Language(Pig Latin).

Hive
It has Declarative SQLish Language

2. Main Usage

Pig
Especially, for Programming

Hive
It is mainly used for creating reports

3. Popular in

Pig
Researchers and Programmers use it.

Hive
Data Analysts use it mainly.

4. Operates on

Pig
on the client side of a cluster.

Hive
on the server side of a cluster.

5. support for Avro

Pig
It supports Avro file format.

Hive
It does not support it.

6. SQL

Pig
It is also SQL like yet it varies to a great extent.

Hive
However, Hive directly leverages SQL as well as it is easy to learn for database experts.

However, there is more to learn about in detail, follow the link: Pig vs Hive | Difference between Pig and Hive

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