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Name | Description | Required? | Default |
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:db | The database name. | Required | None |
:table | The new table name. | Required | None |
group | The user group to use when creating a table. | Optional | None |
permissions | The permissions string to use when creating a table. | Optional | None |
external | Allows you to specify a location so that Hive does not use the default location for this table. | Optional | false |
ifNotExists | If true, you will not receive an error if the table already exists. | Optional | false |
comment | Comment for the table. | Optional | None |
columns | A list of column descriptions, including name, type, and an optional comment. | Optional | None |
partitionedBy | A list of column descriptions used to partition the table. Like the columns parameter this is a list of name, type, and comment fields. | Optional | None |
clusteredBy | An object describing how to cluster the table including the parameters columnNames, sortedBy, and numberOfBuckets. The sortedBy parameter includes the parameters columnName and order (ASC for ascending or DESC for descending). For further information please refer to the examples below or to the Hive documentation. | Optional | None |
format | Storage format description including parameters for rowFormat, storedAs, and storedBy. For further information please refer to the examples below or to the Hive documentation. | Optional | None |
location | The HDFS path. | Optional | None |
tableProperties | A list of table property names and values (key/value pairs). | Optional | None |
The standard parameters are also supported.
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