As with all "interesting" questions like this, the best answer is to try it and see for yourself. My hypothesis was that sqoop would report these directives are incompatible with each other and I was glad to see that was what happened when I gave it a try myself. [root@sandbox Lab3.1]# sqoop import --connect jdbc:mysql://sandbox/test?user=root --table salaries --columns gender,age --query "select * from salaries s where s.salary > 90000.00 and \$CONDITIONS" --split-by gender -m 2 --target-dir willItWork 16/11/11 08:22:34 INFO sqoop.Sqoop: Running Sqoop version: 1.4.6.2.3.2.0-2950 Cannot specify --query and --table together. Try --help for usage instructions. [root@sandbox Lab3.1]# ... View more