Hive Alter table change Column Name

Question

I am trying to rename a columnName in Hive. Is there a way to rename column name in Hive .

tableA (column1 ,_c1,_c2) to tableA(column1,column2,column3) ??

Answer 1

alter table table_name change old_col_name new_col_name new_col_type;

Here is the example

hive> alter table test change userVisit userVisit2 STRING;      
    OK
    Time taken: 0.26 seconds
    hive> describe test;                                      
    OK
    uservisit2              string                                      
    category                string                                      
    uuid                    string                                      
    Time taken: 0.213 seconds, Fetched: 3 row(s)