Hi Natraj Create a partitioned table and add the sub dirs as partitions. You need to have some logic in place for determining the partitions. Say if the sub dirs denote data based on a date then make date as the partition.
Regards Bejoy KS Sent from handheld, please excuse typos. -----Original Message----- From: Nataraj Rashmi - rnatar <rashmi.nata...@acxiom.com> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:19:19 To: user@hadoop.apache.org<user@hadoop.apache.org> Reply-To: user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: How to make the hive external table read from subdirectories I have a hive external table created from a hdfs location. How do I make it read the data from all the subdirectories also? Thanks. *************************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. ****************************************************************************
