A Hive table is very similar to any RDBMS table. The table is divided into rows and columns. Each column (field) is defined with a proper name and datatype. We have already seen all the available datatypes in Hive in the Supported datatypes section. A Hive table is divided into two types:
We will learn about both of these types in the following sections.
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