Creating an OBS Table Using the Hive Syntax

Function

This statement is used to create an OBS table using the Hive syntax. The main differences between the DataSource and the Hive syntax lie in the supported data formats and the number of supported partitions. For details, see syntax and precautions.

Usage

• The size of the table will be calculated during creation.
• When data is added, the table size will not be changed to 0.
• You can view the table size on OBS.

Syntax

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CREATE [EXTERNAL] TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS] [db_name.]table_name 
  [(col_name1 col_type1 [COMMENT col_comment1], ...)]
  [COMMENT table_comment] 
  [PARTITIONED BY (col_name2 col_type2, [COMMENT col_comment2], ...)] 
  [ROW FORMAT row_format]
  [STORED AS file_format] 
  LOCATION 'obs_path'
  [TBLPROPERTIES (key = value)]
  [AS select_statement];

row_format:
  : SERDE serde_cls [WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (key1=val1, key2=val2, ...)]
  | DELIMITED [FIELDS TERMINATED BY char [ESCAPED BY char]]
      [COLLECTION ITEMS TERMINATED BY char]
      [MAP KEYS TERMINATED BY char]
      [LINES TERMINATED BY char]
      [NULL DEFINED AS char]

Keyword

• EXTERNAL: Creates an OBS table.
• IF NOT EXISTS: Prevents system errors when the created table exists.
• COMMENT: Field or table description.
• PARTITIONED BY: Partition field.
• ROW FORMAT: Row data format.
• STORED AS: Specifies the format of the file to be stored. Currently, only the TEXTFILE, AVRO, ORC, SEQUENCEFILE, RCFILE, and PARQUET format are supported.
• LOCATION: Specifies the path of OBS. This keyword is mandatory when you create OBS tables.
• TBLPROPERTIES: Allows you to add the key/value properties to a table.

  For example, you can use this statement to enable the multiversion function to back up and restore table data. After the multiversion function is enabled, the system automatically backs up table data when you delete or modify the data using insert overwrite or truncate, and retains the data for a certain period. You can quickly restore data within the retention period. For details about SQL syntax related to the multiversion function, see Enabling or Disabling Multiversion Backup and Backing Up and Restoring Data of Multiple Versions.

  When creating an OBS table, you can use TBLPROPERTIES ("dli.multi.version.enable"="true") to enable multiversion. For details, see the following example.

  Table 1 TBLPROPERTIES parameters

  Key	Value
  dli.multi.version.enable	true: Enable the multiversion backup function. false: Disable the multiversion backup function.
  comment	Description of the table
  orc.compress	An attribute of the ORC table, which specifies the compression mode of the ORC storage. Available values are as follows: ZLIB SNAPPY NONE
  auto.purge	If this parameter is set to true, the deleted or overwritten data is removed and will not be dumped to the recycle bin.

• AS: You can run the CREATE TABLE AS statement to create a table.

Parameter

Precautions

• The table and column names are case-insensitive.
• Descriptions of table names and column names support only string constants.
• During table creation, you need to specify the column name and corresponding data type. The data type is primitive type.
• If a folder and a file have the same name in the OBS directory, the file is preferred as the path when creating an OBS table.
• When you create a partitioned table, ensure that the specified column in PARTITIONED BY is not a column in the table and the data type is specified. The partition column supports only the open-source Hive table types including string, boolean, tinyint, smallint, short, int, bigint, long, decimal, float, double, date, and timestamp.
• Multiple partition fields can be specified. The partition fields need to be specified after the PARTITIONED BY keyword, instead of the table name. Otherwise, an error occurs.
• A maximum of 100,000 partitions can be created in a single table.
• The CREATE TABLE AS statement cannot specify table attributes or create partitioned tables.

Example

• To create a Parquet table named student, in which the id, name, and score fields are contained and the data types of the respective fields are INT, STRING, and FLOAT, run the following statement:

  1	CREATE TABLE student (id INT, name STRING, score FLOAT) STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 'obs://bucketName/filePath';

• To create a table named student, for which classNo is the partition field and two fields name and score are specified, run the following statement:

  1	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS student(name STRING, score DOUBLE) PARTITIONED BY (classNo INT) STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 'obs://bucketName/filePath';

  

  classNo is a partition field and must be specified after the PARTITIONED BY keyword, that is, PARTITIONED BY (classNo INT). It cannot be specified after the table name as a table field.

• To create table t1 and insert data of table t2 into table t1 by using the Hive syntax, run the following statement:

  1	CREATE TABLE t1 STORED AS parquet LOCATION 'obs://bucketName/filePath' as select * from t2;

• Create the student table and enable multiversion by using the Hive syntax.

  1	CREATE TABLE student (id INT, name STRING, score FLOAT) STORED AS PARQUET LOCATION 'obs://bucketName/filePath' TBLPROPERTIES ("dli.multi.version.enable"="true");