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The following page has been changed by AdamKramer: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hive/LanguageManual/DDL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME TO new_table_name }}} - This statement lets you change the name of a table to a different name. The location of the data or partitions do not change. + This statement lets you change the name of a table to a different name. '''The location of the data and the names of partitions do not change!''' In other words, the old table name is not "freed," and writing to it will alter the "renamed" table's data! === Add/Repalce Columns === {{{
