What is store schema of Hive table?

Where is schema of Hive tables are stored?

Hive data are stored in one of Hadoop compatible filesystem: S3, HDFS or other compatible filesystem. Hive metadata are stored in RDBMS like MySQL, see supported RDBMS. The location of Hive tables data in S3 or HDFS can be specified for both managed and external tables.

What is Hive schema?

Hive is a database technology that can define databases and tables to analyze structured data. The theme for structured data analysis is to store the data in a tabular manner, and pass queries to analyze it. This chapter explains how to create Hive database. Hive contains a default database named default.

Does Hive table store data?

It queries data stored in a distributed storage solution, like the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) or Amazon S3. Hive stores its database and table metadata in a metastore, which is a database or file backed store that enables easy data abstraction and discovery.

What is default schema in Hive?

There is not default schema in Hive, in order to query data in hive you have to first create a table explaining the content of your data (by using create external table ... location ). So you basically have to tell hive the "scheme" before querying the data.