CREATE table columnTable (key STRING, value STRING) ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.columnar.ColumnarSerDe' STORED AS INPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileInputFormat' OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.RCFileOutputFormat'; FROM src INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE columnTable SELECT src.key, src.value LIMIT 10; describe columnTable; SELECT columnTable.* FROM columnTable;