The partition of hive table has been modified to point to a new directory location. Do I have to move the data to the new location or the data will be moved automatically to the new location?



The partition of hive table has been modified to point to a new directory location. Do I have to mov..

Answer / Manish Kakkar

When you modify the partition location, you need to manually move the data files to the new location. Hive does not move the data for you.

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