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will "Show column in table_name" keep the column's order as DDL?

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New Member

when I run the command:

show columns in tablename;

I can see all the columns name, looks like the order is same as ddl, can anybody confirm ?

Thanks,

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Rising Star

Hi Richard,

I can confirm that the 'show columns' Hive command does display them in the table DDL/describe table order.

Regards,

@Darwin

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Rising Star

Hi Richard,

I can confirm that the 'show columns' Hive command does display them in the table DDL/describe table order.

Regards,

@Darwin

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New Member

Thank you very much!