Hi. I am confused on the difference between the Serializer/Deserializer and InputFormat/OutputFormat in the CREATE TABLE command.
For example, let=E2=80=99s say I am using Sequence files, but my records are of some unknown type not known to Hive (i.e. not Thrift, Protocol Buffer, etc.). Could I still use the SequenceFileInputFormat and SequenceFileOutputFormat, and then specific my own custom SerDe? Or is the SerDe tied to a specific file format? FYI, this is related to me trying to use Parquet in Hive, but our records are our own custom format. I am not sure if I can just do STORED AS PARQUET, or which of InputFormat/OutputFormat/SerDe I need to use to get this to work. Any help or pointers would be much appreciated. Thank you
