Yes. I made require changes in .avsc file and I drop the table and re-created using updated .avsc. But I am not getting existing data in that case.
Where am I wrong? Can you through some light Thanks, Dhaval From: Aaron.Dossett [mailto:aaron.doss...@target.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 6:36 PM To: user@avro.apache.org Cc: 'er.dcpa...@gmail.com' Subject: Re: Want to Add New Column in Avro Schema If you create the external table by reference to the .avsc file (TBLPROPERTIES ( 'avro.schema.url'='hdfs://foo.avsc')) the all you have to do is update that avsc file in a compatible way and Hive should reflect the new schema. I've implemented this pattern in my production system for several months now. -Aaron From: "Lunagariya, Dhaval" <dhaval.lunagar...@citi.com<mailto:dhaval.lunagar...@citi.com>> Reply-To: "user@avro.apache.org<mailto:user@avro.apache.org>" <user@avro.apache.org<mailto:user@avro.apache.org>> Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 6:32 AM To: "user@avro.apache.org<mailto:user@avro.apache.org>" <user@avro.apache.org<mailto:user@avro.apache.org>> Cc: "'er.dcpa...@gmail.com<mailto:'er.dcpa...@gmail.com>'" <er.dcpa...@gmail.com<mailto:er.dcpa...@gmail.com>> Subject: Want to Add New Column in Avro Schema Hey folks, I want to add new column in existing Hive Table. We created external hive table with the help of .avsc. Now I want to add new column in that table. How can I do that without disturbing any data present in table? Please Help. Regards, Dhaval
