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Learning Spark SQL

You're reading from   Learning Spark SQL Architect streaming analytics and machine learning solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888359
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Aurobindo Sarkar Aurobindo Sarkar
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Spark SQL FREE CHAPTER 2. Using Spark SQL for Processing Structured and Semistructured Data 3. Using Spark SQL for Data Exploration 4. Using Spark SQL for Data Munging 5. Using Spark SQL in Streaming Applications 6. Using Spark SQL in Machine Learning Applications 7. Using Spark SQL in Graph Applications 8. Using Spark SQL with SparkR 9. Developing Applications with Spark SQL 10. Using Spark SQL in Deep Learning Applications 11. Tuning Spark SQL Components for Performance 12. Spark SQL in Large-Scale Application Architectures

Using Spark SQL for Processing Structured and Semistructured Data

In this chapter, we will familiarize you with using Spark SQL with different types of data sources and data storage formats. Spark provides easy and standard structures (that is, RDDs and DataFrames/Datasets) to work with both structured and semistructured data. We include some of the data sources that are most commonly used in big data applications, such as, relational data, NoSQL databases, and files (CSV, JSON, Parquet, and Avro). Spark also allows you to define and use custom data sources. A series of hands-on exercises in this chapter will enable you to use Spark with different types of data sources and data formats.

In this chapter, you shall learn the following topics:

  • Understanding data sources in Spark applications
  • Using JDBC to work with relational databases
  • Using Spark with MongoDB (NoSQL database)
  • Working...
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