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Apache Hive Interview Questions

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Explain ALTER Table statement in Hive?

662

LOWER or LCASE function in Hive with example?

663

What is the functionality of Query Processor in Apached Hive ?

655

Explain Data Type Conversion in Hive?

667

Explain SHOW and DESCRIBE Commands in Hive?

710

What are the views in Hive?

626

What are the different Primitive Data Types available in Hive?

649

Are there any problems which can only be solved by MapReduce and cannot be solved by PIG? In which kind of scenarios MR jobs will be more useful than PIG?

734

When to choose "Internal Table" in Hive?

671

What are the different parts of Hive ?

703

What are the types of tables in Hive?

682

Does Hive support record level Insert, delete or update?

644

Explain what is a Hive variable. What do we use it for?

673

Double type in Hive - Important points?

646

TRIM function in Hive with example?

679

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Un-Answered Questions { Apache Hive }

Where is table data stored in Apache Hive by default?

770

What are hive operators and its types?

684

When you are dealing with static data instead of dynamic data?

693

Explain what is a Hive variable. What do we use it for?

673

What is available mechanism for connecting from applications, when we run hive as a server?

723

How hive can improve performance with orc format tables?

675

Explain ALTER Table statement in Hive?

662

Specify the different types of tables accessible in hive?

743

What is a generic udf in hive?

694

I want to see the present working directory in UNIX from hive. Is it possible to run this command from hive?

625

Difference between HBase vs Hive?

672

Mention Hive default read and write classes?

699

Is it possible to overwrite Hadoop MapReduce configuration in Hive?

662

What is indexing and why do we need it?

758

What is Hive query processor?

868

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