https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Two-external-tables-point-to-same-hdfs-location/m-p/58288#M65728 <P>Thanks i was doing something for short term, worked.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:04:39 GMT ponypony 2017-08-01T15:04:39Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Two-external-tables-point-to-same-hdfs-location/m-p/58201#M65726 <P>Hi</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is it possible to have two external tables point to the same hdfs location?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P><P>Shannon</P> Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:00:48 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Two-external-tables-point-to-same-hdfs-location/m-p/58201#M65726 ponypony 2022-09-16T12:00:48Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Two-external-tables-point-to-same-hdfs-location/m-p/58206#M65727 Yes. It may cause issues depending on how you are using it when ingestion data into it. What are you trying to do? I wonder if a Hive view would be better then a separate table. Sat, 29 Jul 2017 02:09:17 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Two-external-tables-point-to-same-hdfs-location/m-p/58206#M65727 mbigelow 2017-07-29T02:09:17Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Two-external-tables-point-to-same-hdfs-location/m-p/58288#M65728 <P>Thanks i was doing something for short term, worked.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:04:39 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Archives-of-Support-Questions/Two-external-tables-point-to-same-hdfs-location/m-p/58288#M65728 ponypony 2017-08-01T15:04:39Z