Apache Hive · Schema

Column

Hive table column definition

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Column name
type	string	Column data type
comment	string	Column description

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/apache-hive/json-schema/hive-webhcat-column-schema.json",
  "title": "Column",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Hive table column definition",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Column name",
      "example": "order_id"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Column data type",
      "example": "BIGINT"
    },
    "comment": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Column description",
      "example": "Unique order identifier"
    }
  }
}