> If you want to load data (in compressed/uncompressed text format) into > a table, you have to defined the table as "stored as textfile" instead > of "stored as sequencefile".
I'm completely confused right now. If sequencefiles are not used for compressed data storage then what are they used for? If I have a gz file, and I want to import it as is (without gunzipping or using an intermediate table), what should I be doing? Saurabh. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com http://foodieforlife.blogspot.com
