Hi Aniket/Bhavesh, Actually load data inpath is used for appending file and the path refers to the HDFS path. We can use load data local inpath in case the input file to be loaded is not in HDFS but it is present in the local system.
Both of these append the data. In case, you need to overwrite the data, use load data inpath '/foo/write/bar.txt' OVERWRITE into table tblname; OR load data local inpath '/foo/write/bar.txt' OVERWRITE into table tblname; (in case the input file to be loaded is not in HDFS but it is present in the local system) Regards, Krishnan From: Aniket Mokashi [mailto:aniket...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:56 AM To: user@hive.apache.org Subject: Re: Related to INSERT QUERY in Hive how about Load data inpath? On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Bhavesh Shah <bhavesh25s...@gmail.com<mailto:bhavesh25s...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello, I am using Hive-0.7.1. I want to append the data in table. Is hive-0.7.1 support appending feature or just support OVERWRITE feature? When I tried for the appending, the query is not working. What should I do in such case so that I append the data in table? -- Thanks and Regards, Bhavesh Shah -- "...:::Aniket:::... Quetzalco@tl" **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***
