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Two external tables point to same hdfs location

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Hi

 

Is it possible to have two external tables point to the same hdfs location?

 

Thanks

Shannon

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Thanks i was doing something for short term, worked.

 

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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.

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Thanks i was doing something for short term, worked.