On Mar 16, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Ryan LeCompte wrote: > Is there a way to remove columns from a Hive table via ALTER TABLE statement? >
We don't currently support a DROP COLUMN syntax on ALTER TABLE, but you can use REPLACE COLUMNS to achieve the same effect, e.g. alter table pokes replace columns(foo int); takes it down to just foo instead of foo+bar. JVS
