Please note: LOAD DATA LOCAL assumes the data in the given local path (maybe /tmp/data) and copy the data into hive's warehouse-dir LOAD DATA /path moves the date from an given path in HDFS into hive's warehouse-dir
When you want to append data into an table you have to use partitioning. best, Alex -- Alexander Lorenz http://mapredit.blogspot.com On Jan 18, 2012, at 7:37 AM, Krishnan Krishnamoorthy wrote: > 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> 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*** >
