CREATE TABLE dest1(c1 STRING) STORED AS TEXTFILE; FROM src INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE dest1 SELECT ' abc ' WHERE src.key = 86; EXPLAIN SELECT '|', trim(dest1.c1), '|', rtrim(dest1.c1), '|', ltrim(dest1.c1), '|' FROM dest1; SELECT '|', trim(dest1.c1), '|', rtrim(dest1.c1), '|', ltrim(dest1.c1), '|' FROM dest1;