It appears as if the syntax for creating an external table takes a column
description and a directory where the table (a .csv file) should be found.
Notably, it doesn't take the path to the file, rather it takes the path to the
directory containing the file.
...which means that if I have multiple .csv files, each a unique table with a
unique column description, it is not sufficient to put them in one hdfs
directory, since the columns must be described when creating the hive table.
Rather, each .csv file conforming to a unique column description must be placed
in its own separate hdfs directory, right?
Just clarifying...is this correct? Can I not put a set of .csv files
comprising multiple tables of a heterogenous database in a single directory and
then have hive build a set of tables around those files?
Thank you.
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