Thanks for the reply guys, I have tried using the below cmd
usr/local/hive-0.9.0# load data local inpath ‘/usr/local/hadoop_dir/hadoop/big_data/vender_details.txt’ into table vender; in the above hive path we cant load the data using the above cmd ? In the below there is an syntax error plz correct it hive> create external table vender(vender string,supplier string,order_date string,quantity int)['./usr/local/hadoop_dir/hadoop/big_data/vender_details.txt'] [ row format delimited fields terminated by ' ' stored as textfile] ; FAILED: Parse Error: line 1:90 mismatched input '[' expecting EOF near ')' Thanks in advance Regards shaik.