set hive.enforce.bucketing = true; set hive.enforce.sorting = true; set hive.exec.reducers.max = 1; CREATE TABLE smb_bucket4_1(key int, value string) CLUSTERED BY (key) SORTED BY (key) INTO 2 BUCKETS; CREATE TABLE smb_bucket4_2(key int, value string) CLUSTERED BY (key) SORTED BY (key) INTO 2 BUCKETS; create table smb_join_results(k1 int, v1 string, k2 int, v2 string); create table smb_join_results_empty_bigtable(k1 int, v1 string, k2 int, v2 string); create table normal_join_results(k1 int, v1 string, k2 int, v2 string); load data local inpath '../../data/files/empty1.txt' into table smb_bucket4_1; load data local inpath '../../data/files/empty2.txt' into table smb_bucket4_1; insert overwrite table smb_bucket4_2 select * from src; set hive.optimize.bucketmapjoin = true; set hive.optimize.bucketmapjoin.sortedmerge = true; set hive.input.format = org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.BucketizedHiveInputFormat; insert overwrite table smb_join_results_empty_bigtable select /*+mapjoin(b)*/ * from smb_bucket4_1 a full outer join smb_bucket4_2 b on a.key = b.key; insert overwrite table smb_join_results_empty_bigtable select /*+mapjoin(b)*/ * from smb_bucket4_1 a full outer join smb_bucket4_2 b on a.key = b.key; select * from smb_join_results_empty_bigtable order by k1, v1, k2, v2; explain insert overwrite table smb_join_results select /*+mapjoin(a)*/ * from smb_bucket4_1 a full outer join smb_bucket4_2 b on a.key = b.key; insert overwrite table smb_join_results select /*+mapjoin(a)*/ * from smb_bucket4_1 a full outer join smb_bucket4_2 b on a.key = b.key; select * from smb_join_results order by k1, v1, k2, v2; insert overwrite table normal_join_results select * from smb_bucket4_1 a full outer join smb_bucket4_2 b on a.key = b.key; select sum(hash(k1)) as k1, sum(hash(k2)) as k2, sum(hash(v1)) as v1, sum(hash(v2)) as v2 from normal_join_results; select sum(hash(k1)) as k1, sum(hash(k2)) as k2, sum(hash(v1)) as v1, sum(hash(v2)) as v2 from smb_join_results; select sum(hash(k1)) as k1, sum(hash(k2)) as k2, sum(hash(v1)) as v1, sum(hash(v2)) as v2 from smb_join_results_empty_bigtable;