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Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 at 3:07 PM
To: "user@hive.apache.org<mailto:user@hive.apache.org>"
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Subject: RE: Adding a new column to a table and updating it
Thanks Eugene
So basically as I understand when a column can be added to an
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Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 at 12:56 AM
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Subject: Adding a new column to a table and updat
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Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 at 12:56 AM
To: "user@hive.apache.org<mailto:user@hive.apache.org>"
mailto:user@hive.apache.org>>
Subject: Adding a new column to a table and updating it
I can use Hive to add a new column to an existing table (it is an ORC
transactional tab
I can use Hive to add a new column to an existing table (it is an ORC
transactional table) with data in it.
Example:
hive> alter table t add columns (new_col varchar(30));
OK
Now that column is created with NULL value. The operation is fast as the DDL
in metadata is altered.
Howeve
