CREATE TABLE srcbucket_mapjoin(key int, value string) CLUSTERED BY (key) INTO 2 BUCKETS STORED AS TEXTFILE; load data local inpath '../../data/files/srcbucket20.txt' INTO TABLE srcbucket_mapjoin; load data local inpath '../../data/files/srcbucket21.txt' INTO TABLE srcbucket_mapjoin; CREATE TABLE srcbucket_mapjoin_part (key int, value string) partitioned by (ds string) CLUSTERED BY (key) INTO 3 BUCKETS STORED AS TEXTFILE; load data local inpath '../../data/files/srcbucket20.txt' INTO TABLE srcbucket_mapjoin_part partition(ds='2008-04-08'); load data local inpath '../../data/files/srcbucket21.txt' INTO TABLE srcbucket_mapjoin_part partition(ds='2008-04-08'); load data local inpath '../../data/files/srcbucket22.txt' INTO TABLE srcbucket_mapjoin_part partition(ds='2008-04-08'); set hive.optimize.bucketmapjoin = true; create table bucketmapjoin_tmp_result (key string , value1 string, value2 string); explain extended insert overwrite table bucketmapjoin_tmp_result select /*+mapjoin(b)*/ a.key, a.value, b.value from srcbucket_mapjoin a join srcbucket_mapjoin_part b on a.key=b.key where b.ds="2008-04-08";