Hi again

I opened hive (an old client)

And exactly the same create external table .... location [paht in hdfs to place where are loads of files] works and the same DDL does not work via beeline.

Margus (margusja) Roo
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On 10/05/16 23:03, Margus Roo wrote:

Hi

Can someone explain or provide documentation how Hive creates external tables?

I have problem with creating external table in case I am pointing location in hdfs in to directory where are loads of files. Beeline just hangs or there will be other errors.

In case I point location in to the empty directory then hive creates table.


So does hive looks into files during creating external table?

I can not find any documentation explaining it.

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