@bpreachuk @Carter Shanklin I have similar problem inserted Hive partition column as (CL=18) which stored as /../CL=CL%3D18 (invalid partition). I tried using escape sequence \x3D , \u0030 did not work, am I doing some thing wrong for Equal(=) sign? alter table tb drop partition (CL='CL\x3D18); <-- did not work ... View more