drop table alter1; create table alter1(a int, b int); describe extended alter1; alter table alter1 set tblproperties ('a'='1', 'c'='3'); describe extended alter1; alter table alter1 set tblproperties ('a'='1', 'c'='4', 'd'='3'); describe extended alter1; alter table alter1 set serdeproperties('s1'='9'); describe extended alter1; alter table alter1 set serdeproperties('s1'='10', 's2' ='20'); describe extended alter1; add jar ../data/files/TestSerDe.jar; alter table alter1 set serde 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.TestSerDe' with serdeproperties('s1'='9'); describe extended alter1; alter table alter1 set serde 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.MetadataTypedColumnsetSerDe'; describe extended alter1; alter table alter1 replace columns (a int, b int, c string); describe alter1; drop table alter1;