PREHOOK: query: create table mytbl (c1 tinyint) partitioned by (c2 string) tblproperties ('a'='myval','b'='yourval','c'='noval') PREHOOK: type: CREATETABLE POSTHOOK: query: create table mytbl (c1 tinyint) partitioned by (c2 string) tblproperties ('a'='myval','b'='yourval','c'='noval') POSTHOOK: type: CREATETABLE POSTHOOK: Output: default@mytbl PREHOOK: query: alter table mytbl add partition (c2 = 'v1') PREHOOK: type: ALTERTABLE_ADDPARTS PREHOOK: Input: default@mytbl POSTHOOK: query: alter table mytbl add partition (c2 = 'v1') POSTHOOK: type: ALTERTABLE_ADDPARTS POSTHOOK: Input: default@mytbl POSTHOOK: Output: default@mytbl@c2=v1 PREHOOK: query: describe formatted mytbl partition (c2='v1') PREHOOK: type: DESCTABLE POSTHOOK: query: describe formatted mytbl partition (c2='v1') POSTHOOK: type: DESCTABLE # col_name data_type comment c1 tinyint None # Partition Information # col_name data_type comment c2 string None # Detailed Partition Information Partition Value: [v1] Database: default Table: mytbl CreateTime: Sun Jan 22 09:09:54 PST 2012 LastAccessTime: UNKNOWN Protect Mode: None Location: pfile:/home/ashutosh/workspace/hive8/build/ql/test/data/warehouse/mytbl/c2=v1 Partition Parameters: a myval b yourval transient_lastDdlTime 1327252194 # Storage Information SerDe Library: org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe InputFormat: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat OutputFormat: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat Compressed: No Num Buckets: -1 Bucket Columns: [] Sort Columns: [] Storage Desc Params: serialization.format 1