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Apache Hive Essentials - Second Edition
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Apache Hive Essentials - Second Edition

by Dayong Du
June 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
210 pages
5h 12m
English
Packt Publishing
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Understanding data types

Hive data types are categorized into two types: primitive and complex. String and Int are the most useful primitive types, which are supported by most HQL functions. The details of primitive types are as follows:

ay contain a set of any type of fields. Complex types allow the nesting of types. The details of complex types a

Primitive type Description Example
TINYINT It has 1 byte, from -128 to 127. The postfix is Y. It is used as a small range of numbers. 10Y
SMALLINT It has 2 bytes, from -32,768 to 32,767. The postfix is S. It is used as a regular descriptive number. 10S
INT It has 4 bytes, from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. 10
BIGINT It has 8 bytes, from -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 ...
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