set hive.input.format = org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.CombineHiveInputFormat; create table partition_test_partitioned(key string, value string) partitioned by (dt string); alter table partition_test_partitioned set fileformat rcfile; insert overwrite table partition_test_partitioned partition(dt=101) select * from src1; alter table partition_test_partitioned set fileformat Sequencefile; insert overwrite table partition_test_partitioned partition(dt=102) select * from src1; select count(1) from (select key, value from partition_test_partitioned where dt=101 and key < 100 union all select key, value from partition_test_partitioned where dt=101 and key < 20)s; select count(1) from (select key, value from partition_test_partitioned where dt=101 and key < 100 union all select key, value from partition_test_partitioned where dt=102 and key < 20)s;