set hive.input.format=org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.BucketizedHiveInputFormat; set mapred.min.split.size = 64; CREATE TABLE T1(name STRING) STORED AS TEXTFILE; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../data/files/kv1.txt' INTO TABLE T1; CREATE TABLE T2(name STRING) STORED AS SEQUENCEFILE; EXPLAIN INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE T2 SELECT * FROM ( SELECT tmp1.name as name FROM ( SELECT name, 'MMM' AS n FROM T1) tmp1 JOIN (SELECT 'MMM' AS n FROM T1) tmp2 JOIN (SELECT 'MMM' AS n FROM T1) tmp3 ON tmp1.n = tmp2.n AND tmp1.n = tmp3.n) ttt LIMIT 5000000; INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE T2 SELECT * FROM ( SELECT tmp1.name as name FROM ( SELECT name, 'MMM' AS n FROM T1) tmp1 JOIN (SELECT 'MMM' AS n FROM T1) tmp2 JOIN (SELECT 'MMM' AS n FROM T1) tmp3 ON tmp1.n = tmp2.n AND tmp1.n = tmp3.n) ttt LIMIT 5000000; EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(1) FROM T2; SELECT COUNT(1) FROM T2; CREATE TABLE T3(name STRING) STORED AS TEXTFILE; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../data/files/kv1.txt' INTO TABLE T3; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../data/files/kv2.txt' INTO TABLE T3; EXPLAIN SELECT COUNT(1) FROM T3; SELECT COUNT(1) FROM T3;