CREATE table rcfile_unionTable (b STRING, c STRING) ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.columnar.ColumnarSerDe' STORED AS RCFILE; FROM src INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE rcfile_unionTable SELECT src.key, src.value LIMIT 10; SELECT * FROM ( SELECT b AS cola FROM rcfile_unionTable UNION ALL SELECT c AS cola FROM rcfile_unionTable) s ORDER BY cola ASC;