Partition correspond to one folder under the table folder on HDFS, that means you only need to scan the partition folder rather than the whole table folder when you specify the partition in sql.
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Pulkit Agrawal < pulkit.agra...@ngicorporation.com> wrote: > Hi , > > > > Can you please explain what is partitioning in hive? > > > > I am newbie for hive. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards, > > Pulkit Agrawal > > -- Best Regards Jeff Zhang
