I am looking for a way to count the number of columns in a table in Hive.
I know the following code works in Microsoft SQL Server. Is there a Hive equivalent?
SELECT COUNT(*), FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_CATALOG = 'database_name' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = 'schema_name' AND TABLE_NAME = 'table_name'
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Answer
try this
SHOW COLUMNS (FROM|IN) table_name [(FROM|IN) db_name]