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EMR runs a Thrift Hive server on the master node of the Hive cluster. It can be accessed using any JDBC client (for example, squirrel SQL) via Hive JDBC drivers. The JDBC drivers for different Hive versions can be downloaded via the following links:

Hive Version	Hive JDBC
0.5	http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/0196055244487017Image Removed
0.7	http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/1818074809286277Image Removed
0.7.1	http://aws.amazon.com/developertools/8084613472207189Image Removed

Here is the process to connect to the Hive Server using a JDBC driver:

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