Difference between external table and internal table in HIVE ?



Difference between external table and internal table in HIVE ?..

Answer / Shabd Prakash

The main difference between external tables and internal tables in Hive lies in data storage management. An external table stores its data elsewhere (like HDFS) and only stores metadata in the metastore, while an internal table stores both data and metadata in the metastore.

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