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<h1 class="title">ALTER TABLE</h1>
<h3 id="description">Description</h3>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE</code> statement changes the schema or properties of a table.</p>
<h3 id="rename">RENAME</h3>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE RENAME TO</code> statement changes the table name of an existing table in the database.</p>
<h4 id="syntax">Syntax</h4>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="k">RENAME</span> <span class="k">TO</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="k">RENAME</span> <span class="k">TO</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h4 id="parameters">Parameters</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>table_identifier</strong></p>
<p>Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[ database_name. ] table_name</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>partition_spec</strong></p>
<p>Partition to be renamed.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">PARTITION ( partition_col_name = partition_col_val [ , ... ] )</code></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="add-columns">ADD COLUMNS</h3>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMNS</code> statement adds mentioned columns to an existing table.</p>
<h4 id="syntax-1">Syntax</h4>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="k">ADD</span> <span class="n">COLUMNS</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">col_spec</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">)</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h4 id="parameters-1">Parameters</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>table_identifier</strong></p>
<p>Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[ database_name. ] table_name</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>COLUMNS ( col_spec )</strong></p>
<p>Specifies the columns to be added.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="alter-or-change-column">ALTER OR CHANGE COLUMN</h3>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN</code> or <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE CHANGE COLUMN</code> statement changes column&#8217;s definition.</p>
<h4 id="syntax-2">Syntax</h4>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">CHANGE</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">COLUMN</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">col_spec</span> <span class="n">alterColumnAction</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h4 id="parameters-2">Parameters</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>table_identifier</strong></p>
<p>Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[ database_name. ] table_name</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>COLUMNS ( col_spec )</strong></p>
<p>Specifies the column to be altered or be changed.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>alterColumnAction</strong></p>
<p>Change column&#8217;s definition.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="add-and-drop-partition">ADD AND DROP PARTITION</h3>
<h4 id="add-partition">ADD PARTITION</h4>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE ADD</code> statement adds partition to the partitioned table.</p>
<h5 id="syntax-3">Syntax</h5>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="k">ADD</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">IF</span> <span class="k">NOT</span> <span class="k">EXISTS</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">)</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h5 id="parameters-3">Parameters</h5>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>table_identifier</strong></p>
<p>Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[ database_name. ] table_name</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>partition_spec</strong></p>
<p>Partition to be added.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">PARTITION ( partition_col_name = partition_col_val [ , ... ] )</code></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="drop-partition">DROP PARTITION</h4>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE DROP</code> statement drops the partition of the table.</p>
<h5 id="syntax-4">Syntax</h5>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="k">DROP</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">IF</span> <span class="k">EXISTS</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">PURGE</span><span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h5 id="parameters-4">Parameters</h5>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>table_identifier</strong></p>
<p>Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[ database_name. ] table_name</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>partition_spec</strong></p>
<p>Partition to be dropped.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">PARTITION ( partition_col_name = partition_col_val [ , ... ] )</code></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="set-and-unset">SET AND UNSET</h3>
<h4 id="set-table-properties">SET TABLE PROPERTIES</h4>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE SET</code> command is used for setting the table properties. If a particular property was already set,
this overrides the old value with the new one.</p>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE UNSET</code> is used to drop the table property.</p>
<h5 id="syntax-5">Syntax</h5>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1">-- Set Table Properties </span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">TBLPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">key1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">val1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">val2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1">-- Unset Table Properties</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="n">UNSET</span> <span class="n">TBLPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">IF</span> <span class="k">EXISTS</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">key1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">)</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h4 id="set-serde">SET SERDE</h4>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE SET</code> command is used for setting the SERDE or SERDE properties in Hive tables. If a particular property was already set, this overrides the old value with the new one.</p>
<h5 id="syntax-6">Syntax</h5>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1">-- Set SERDE Properties</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="p">]</span>
<span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">SERDEPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">key1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">val1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">val2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">SERDE</span> <span class="n">serde_class_name</span>
<span class="p">[</span> <span class="k">WITH</span> <span class="n">SERDEPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">key1</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">val1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">val2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">...</span> <span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">]</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h4 id="set-location-and-set-file-format">SET LOCATION And SET FILE FORMAT</h4>
<p><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ALTER TABLE SET</code> command can also be used for changing the file location and file format for
existing tables.</p>
<h5 id="syntax-7">Syntax</h5>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1">-- Changing File Format</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">FILEFORMAT</span> <span class="n">file_format</span>
<span class="c1">-- Changing File Location</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">table_identifier</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">partition_spec</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="k">LOCATION</span> <span class="s1">'new_location'</span>
</code></pre></div></div>
<h4 id="parameters-5">Parameters</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>table_identifier</strong></p>
<p>Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[ database_name. ] table_name</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>partition_spec</strong></p>
<p>Specifies the partition on which the property has to be set.</p>
<p><strong>Syntax:</strong> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">PARTITION ( partition_col_name = partition_col_val [ , ... ] )</code></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>SERDEPROPERTIES ( key1 = val1, key2 = val2, &#8230; )</strong></p>
<p>Specifies the SERDE properties to be set.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
<div class="language-sql highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1">-- RENAME table </span>
<span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="n">student</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">rollno</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|#</span> <span class="k">Partition</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">#</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">Student</span> <span class="k">RENAME</span> <span class="k">TO</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">-- After Renaming the table</span>
<span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">rollno</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|#</span> <span class="k">Partition</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">#</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="c1">-- RENAME partition</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">10</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="k">default</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">StudentInfo</span> <span class="k">PARTITION</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'10'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">RENAME</span> <span class="k">TO</span> <span class="k">PARTITION</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'15'</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- After renaming Partition</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="c1">-- Add new columns to a table</span>
<span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">rollno</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|#</span> <span class="k">Partition</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">#</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span> <span class="k">ADD</span> <span class="n">columns</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">LastName</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">DOB</span> <span class="nb">timestamp</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- After Adding New columns to the table</span>
<span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">rollno</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">LastName</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">DOB</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="nb">timestamp</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|#</span> <span class="k">Partition</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">#</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="c1">-- Add a new partition to a table </span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span> <span class="k">ADD</span> <span class="n">IF</span> <span class="k">NOT</span> <span class="k">EXISTS</span> <span class="k">PARTITION</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- After adding a new partition to the table</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">18</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="c1">-- Drop a partition from the table </span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">18</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span> <span class="k">DROP</span> <span class="n">IF</span> <span class="k">EXISTS</span> <span class="k">PARTITION</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- After dropping the partition of the table</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="c1">-- Adding multiple partitions to the table</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span> <span class="k">ADD</span> <span class="n">IF</span> <span class="k">NOT</span> <span class="k">EXISTS</span> <span class="k">PARTITION</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">PARTITION</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- After adding multiple partitions to the table</span>
<span class="k">SHOW</span> <span class="n">PARTITIONS</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span><span class="k">partition</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">11</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">12</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">18</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">20</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">---------+</span>
<span class="c1">-- ALTER OR CHANGE COLUMNS</span>
<span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">rollno</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">LastName</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">DOB</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="nb">timestamp</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|#</span> <span class="k">Partition</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">#</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-------+</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span> <span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">COLUMN</span> <span class="n">name</span> <span class="k">COMMENT</span> <span class="nv">"new comment"</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">--After ALTER or CHANGE COLUMNS</span>
<span class="k">DESC</span> <span class="n">StudentInfo</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-----------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-----------+</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">name</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="k">new</span> <span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">rollno</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">LastName</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">string</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">DOB</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="nb">timestamp</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|#</span> <span class="k">Partition</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">#</span> <span class="n">col_name</span><span class="o">|</span><span class="n">data_type</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">comment</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">|</span> <span class="n">age</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="o">|</span> <span class="k">NULL</span><span class="o">|</span>
<span class="o">+</span><span class="c1">-----------------------+---------+-----------+</span>
<span class="c1">-- Change the fileformat</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">loc_orc</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">fileformat</span> <span class="n">orc</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">p1</span> <span class="k">partition</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">month</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">day</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">fileformat</span> <span class="n">parquet</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="c1">-- Change the file Location</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">dbx</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">tab1</span> <span class="k">PARTITION</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">b</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'2'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="k">LOCATION</span> <span class="s1">'/path/to/part/ways'</span>
<span class="c1">-- SET SERDE/ SERDE Properties</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">test_tab</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">SERDE</span> <span class="s1">'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.columnar.LazyBinaryColumnarSerDe'</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">dbx</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">tab1</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">SERDE</span> <span class="s1">'org.apache.hadoop'</span> <span class="k">WITH</span> <span class="n">SERDEPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'k'</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'v'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'kay'</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'vee'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1">-- SET TABLE PROPERTIES</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">dbx</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">tab1</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">TBLPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'winner'</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'loser'</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- SET TABLE COMMENT Using SET PROPERTIES</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">dbx</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">tab1</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">TBLPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'comment'</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'A table comment.'</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- Alter TABLE COMMENT Using SET PROPERTIES</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">dbx</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">tab1</span> <span class="k">SET</span> <span class="n">TBLPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'comment'</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'This is a new comment.'</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="c1">-- DROP TABLE PROPERTIES</span>
<span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">dbx</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">tab1</span> <span class="n">UNSET</span> <span class="n">TBLPROPERTIES</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'winner'</span><span class="p">);</span>
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