hive 修改分区备注,如何修改Hive分区列名

I have to change the partition column name (not partition spec), I looked for the commands in hive wiki and some google pages. I can find the options for altering the partition spec,

i.e. For example

In /table/country='US' I can change US to USA, but I want to change country to continent.

I feel like the only option available for changing partition column name is dropping and re-creating the table. Is there is any other option available please help me.

Thanks in advance.

解决方案

But as the document says, it only changes the metadata. Hive partitions are implemented as directories with the naming pattern columnName=spec. So you also need to change the names of those directories on HDFS by using "hadoop fs" command.