Renaming tables
In this recipe, you will learn how to rename a table in Hive.
Getting ready
The renaming command renames the old table name with a new table name. The general format of using the RENAME table command is as follows:
ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME TO new_table_name;
How to do it…
Use this command to rename a table in Hive:
Alter Table Hive_Test_table1 RENAME TO Hive_Test_table;
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