What is the difference between managed table and external table?

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The main difference between a managed and external table is that when you drop an external table, the underlying data files stay intact. This is because the user is expected to manage the data files and directories. With a managed table, the underlying directories and data get wiped out when the table is dropped.

What is difference between Internal and external table in Hive?

To answer you Question : For External Tables, Hive stores the data in the LOCATION specified during creation of the table(generally not in warehouse directory). If the external table is dropped, then the table metadata is deleted but not the data. For Internal tables, Hive stores data into its warehouse directory.

What does external table mean in Hive?

An external table is a table for which Hive does not manage storage. If you delete an external table, only the definition in Hive is deleted. The data remains. An internal table is a table that Hive manages. If you delete an internal table, both the definition in Hive and the data are deleted.

What is the difference between create table and create external table?

when we create a table in HIVE, HIVE by default manages the data and saves it in its own warehouse, where as we can also create an external table, which is at an existing location outside the HIVE warehouse directory. The main difference between these two types of tables is seen during LOAD and DROP statements.

What is external table?

An external table is a table whose data come from flat files stored outside of the database.

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