Hi Jon since a partition appears as a column ( for example with *desc table_name* ) you could try renaming the partition as if it was a column as explained in the wiki :
ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE [COLUMN] col_old_name col_new_name column_type [COMMENT col_comment] [FIRST|AFTER column_name] I didn't try it myself, and I will like to know if it works I will probably need it too ;-) Regards, Eric 2011/6/2 Jon Bender <jonathan.ben...@gmail.com> > Hey all, > > Just wondering what the best way is to rename specific Hive table > partitions. Is there some HiveQL command for this, or will I need to insert > into new partitions to reflect the new naming convention? > > Cheers, > Jon >
