[HIVE-9915] Allow specifying file format for managed tables

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: File Formats
• Assignee: Gunther Hagleitner
• Reporter: Gunther Hagleitner
• Created: 10/Mar/15 19:56
• Updated: 29/Jun/16 23:33
• Resolved: 25/Mar/15 22:50

Description

We already allow setting a system wide default format. In some cases it's useful though to specify this only for managed tables, or distinguish external and managed via two variables. You might want to set a more efficient (than text) format for managed tables, but leave external to text (as they often are log files etc.)