hive> describe extended srcpart; OK key string value string ds string hr int Detailed Table Information Table tableName:srcpart dbName:default owner:char createTime:1248419245 lastAccessTime:0 retention:0 sd:StorageDescriptor cols: FieldSchema(name:key, type:string, comment:null) FieldSchema(name:value, type:string, comment:null)] location:file:/user/hive/warehouse/srcpart inputFormat:org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat outputFormat:org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat compressed:false numBuckets:-1 serdeInfo:SerDeInfo name:null serializationLib:org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe parameters:{serialization.format=1}) bucketCols:[] sortCols:[] parameters:{} partitionKeys: FieldSchema(name:ds, type:string, comment:null) FieldSchema(name:hr, type:int, comment:null)] parameters:{} File System Information total number of files:0 total files size:0 max file size:0 min file size:0 last access time:0 last update time:1248418199000 Time taken: 0.083 seconds