hive> desc formatted test; OK # col_name data_type comment sno int # Detailed Table Information Database: default Owner: hdfs CreateTime: Thu Dec 01 21:56:15 UTC 2016 LastAccessTime: UNKNOWN Protect Mode: None Retention: 0 Location: hdfs://sandbox.hortonworks.com:8020/apps/hive/warehouse/test Table Type: MANAGED_TABLE Table Parameters: COLUMN_STATS_ACCURATE true numFiles 1 numRows 1 rawDataSize 1 totalSize 2 transient_lastDdlTime 1480631538 # Storage Information SerDe Library: org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe InputFormat: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat OutputFormat: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat Compressed: No Num Buckets: -1 Bucket Columns: [] Sort Columns: [] Storage Desc Params: serialization.format 1 Time taken: 6.293 seconds, Fetched: 31 row(s)