drop table ba_test; -- Everything in ba_table1.q + columnar serde in RCFILE. create table ba_test (ba_key binary, ba_val binary) stored as rcfile; alter table ba_test set serde 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.columnar.ColumnarSerDe'; describe extended ba_test; from src insert overwrite table ba_test select cast (src.key as binary), cast (src.value as binary); select ba_key, ba_val from ba_test order by ba_key limit 10; drop table ba_test;