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Vasanth kumar RJ commented on HIVE-7122: ---------------------------------------- Hi [~Prabhu Joseph], sorry for late reply. In CTAS restriction says target table cannot be partitioned and external. Like table allows to create similar table and external as well. > Storage format for create like table > ------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-7122 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7122 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Query Processor > Reporter: Vasanth kumar RJ > Assignee: Vasanth kumar RJ > Attachments: HIVE-7122.patch > > > Using create like table user can specify the table storage format. > Example: > create table table1 like table2 stored as ORC; -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)