Skip to Content
Apache Hive Cookbook
book

Apache Hive Cookbook

by Hanish Bansal, Saurabh Chauhan, Shrey Mehrotra
April 2016
Beginner content levelBeginner
268 pages
5h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Apache Hive Cookbook

Describing a database schema

In this recipe, you will learn how to describe databases in Hive.

Getting ready

The DESCRIBE DATABASE command is used to get information about the database, such as the name of the database, its comment (if attached during the creation of the database), its location on the filesystem, and its dbproperties. The general format of using the DESCRIBE DATABASE command is as follows:

DESCRIBE DATABASE [EXTENDED] db_name;
DESCRIBE SCHEMA [EXTENDED] db_name;

Where:

  • DATABASE|SCHEMA: These are the same thing. These words can be used interchangeably.
  • [EXTENDED]: This is an optional clause. This clause will list all the dbproperties attached to a particular database in Hive.

How to do it…

Follow these steps to describe a database in ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Introduction to Apache Hive

Introduction to Apache Hive

Tom Hanlon

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781782161080Supplemental Content