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Posted to user@hive.apache.org by Tali K <nc...@hotmail.com> on 2010/12/09 20:53:34 UTC

Load data into HIVE from HDFS Clarification

When one  loads data to hive , if the file is in hdfs, it is moved into the Hive-controlled file system namespace.
and deleted from hdfs. Is it possible to change it so , file wouldn't be moved, but copied?

Re: Load data into HIVE from HDFS Clarification

Posted by Edward Capriolo <ed...@gmail.com>.

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Tali K <nc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> When one  loads data to hive , if the file is in hdfs, it is moved into the
> Hive-controlled file system namespace.
> and deleted from hdfs. Is it possible to change it so , file wouldn't be
> moved, but copied?
>

You can create the table and then copy the files into place by hand
but having a keyword built in would not be a bad thing.