for non partitioned columns ans in one word: NO detailed answer here: This feature is still being build as part of https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-5317
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 2:28 AM, Raj Hadoop <hadoop...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Can I update ( delete and insert kind of) just one row keeping the > remaining rows intact in Hive table using Hive INSERT OVERWRITE. There is > no partition in the Hive table. > > > INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE tablename SELECT col1,col2,col3 from tabx where > col2='abc'; > > Does the above work ? Please advise. > > > -- Nitin Pawar