File Formats and Compression
File Formats
Hive supports several file formats:
- Text File
- SequenceFile
- RCFile
- Avro Files
- ORC Files
- Parquet
- Custom INPUTFORMAT and OUTPUTFORMAT
The hive.default.fileformat configuration parameter determines the format to use if it is not specified in a CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE statement. Text file is the parameter's default value.
For more information, see the sections Storage Formats and Row Formats & SerDe on the DDL page.