Deleting Single-Row Records from Hive on HBase

Scenario

Due to the limitations of underlying storage systems, Hive does not support the ability to delete a single piece of table data. In Hive on HBase, MRS Hive supports the ability to delete a single piece of HBase table data. Using a specific syntax, Hive can delete one or more pieces of data from an HBase table.

Table 1 Permissions required for deleting single-row records from the Hive on HBase table

Cluster Authentication Mode

Required Permission

Security mode

SELECT, INSERT, and DELETE

Common mode

None

Procedure

  1. To delete some data from an HBase table, run the following HQL statement:

    remove table <table_name> where <expression>;

    In the preceding information, <expression> specifies the filter condition of the data to be deleted. <table_name> indicates the Hive on HBase table from which data is to be deleted.

Parent topic: Using Hive