-- Syntax -- LOAD DATA [ LOCAL ] INPATH path [ OVERWRITE ] INTO TABLE table_identifier [ partition_spec ] -- Assuming the students table is in '/user/hive/warehouse/' LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '/user/hive/warehouse/students' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE test_load; LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '/path/to/datafile.csv' INTO TABLE my_table; LOAD DATA INPATH '/path/to/datafile.csv' INTO TABLE my_table; -- Assuming the test_partition table is in '/user/hive/warehouse/' LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '/user/hive/warehouse/test_partition/c2=2/c3=3' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE test_load_partition PARTITION (c2=2, c3=3);