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Supported datatypes

The following datatypes are supported by Hive version 0.14:

Datatype group	Datatype	Format
String	`STRING`	`column_name STRING`
	`VARCHAR`	`column_name VARCHAR(max_length)`
	`CHAR`	`column_name CHAR(length)`
Numeric	`TINYINT`	`column_name TINYINT`
	`SMALLINT`	`column_name SMALLINT`
	`INT`	`column_name INT`
	`BIGINT`	`column_name BIGINT`
	`FLOAT`	`column_name FLOAT`
	`DOUBLE`	`column_name DOUBLE`
	`DECIMAL`	`column_name DECIMAL[(precision[,scale])]`
Date/time type	`TIMESTAMP`	`column_name TIMESTAMP`
	`DATE`	`column_name DATE`
	`INTERVAL`	`column_name INTERVAL year to month`
Miscellaneous type	`BOOLEAN`	`column_name BOOLEAN`
Miscellaneous type	`BINARY`	`column_name BINARY`
Complex type	`ARRAY`	`column_name ARRAY < type >`
	`MAPS`	`column_name MAP < primitive_type, type >`
	`STRUCT ...`

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