CREATE TABLE npe_test (key STRING, value STRING) PARTITIONED BY (ds STRING); INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE npe_test PARTITION(ds='2012-12-11') SELECT src.key, src.value FROM src WHERE key < '200'; INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE npe_test PARTITION(ds='2012-12-12') SELECT src.key, src.value FROM src WHERE key > '200'; SELECT count(*) FROM npe_test; EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM npe_test WHERE ds > 2012-11-31 OR ds < 2012-12-15; SELECT count(*) FROM npe_test WHERE ds > 2012-11-31 OR ds < 2012-12-15; DROP TABLE npe_test;