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The "Hive/LanguageManual/DDL" page has been changed by JohnSichi. http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hive/LanguageManual/DDL?action=diff&rev1=30&rev2=31 -------------------------------------------------- }}} DROP TABLE removes metadata and data for this table. The data is actually moved to the .Trash/Current directory if Trash is configured. The metadata is completely lost. - When dropping an EXTERNAL table, data in the table will NOT deleted from the file system. + When dropping an EXTERNAL table, data in the table will NOT be deleted from the file system. === Drop Partitions === {{{
