let's put it this way. what makes you ask the question that altering the datatype wouldn't work? After all that's why it's there. :)
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Manickam P <manicka...@outlook.com> wrote: > Hi experts, > > I have created a table in hive and loaded the data into it. now i want to > change the datatype of one particular column. > Do i need to drop and move the file again to hive? > will it work fine if i just alter the data type alone in hive? > > > > Thanks, > Manickam P >
