-- with string CREATE TABLE escape3_1 ( GERUND STRING, ABBREV STRING, CODE SMALLINT ) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' ESCAPED BY '\134' STORED AS TEXTFILE; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../../data/files/data_with_escape.txt' INTO TABLE escape3_1; select * from escape3_1; -- with varchar CREATE TABLE escape3_2 ( GERUND VARCHAR(10), ABBREV VARCHAR(3), CODE SMALLINT ) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' ESCAPED BY '\134' STORED AS TEXTFILE; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../../data/files/data_with_escape.txt' INTO TABLE escape3_2; select * from escape3_2; -- with char CREATE TABLE escape3_3 ( GERUND CHAR(10), ABBREV CHAR(3), CODE SMALLINT ) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|' ESCAPED BY '\134' STORED AS TEXTFILE; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '../../data/files/data_with_escape.txt' INTO TABLE escape3_3; select * from escape3_3; DROP TABLE escape3_1; DROP TABLE escape3_2; DROP TABLE escape3_3;