something like this? create table newTable as select oldTable.*, newCol1,newCol2 from oldTable;
________________________________ wenli Regards From: venkatesh b<mailto:venkateshmailingl...@gmail.com> Date: 2015-08-10 20:54 To: user<mailto:user@hive.apache.org> Subject: How to create new table like existing with an extra column in single query. Hello, In hive we got a need that we need to create a new table like the old table with an extra column at run time. This must be done in a single query. No second query with alter table statement. Query like: Create table new_table like old_table , new_column datatype; Please help me out, searched in many forums but not found the solution. Please inform me if any other information is needed. Thanks & Regards Venkatesh
