Yes
We need to find the names of columns (table metadata) that have particular values.
"select * from table where anycolumn like/equal newyork"
and then see the column definition/name where it occurs.

Kindly let us know whether it is possible
Thanking you
Dr G Sudha
--- On Fri, 10/19/12, Nitin Pawar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From: Nitin Pawar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: REg - Hive
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "common-ser-group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "hadoop users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, October 19, 2012, 3:49 PM

do you mean to say you want to say "select * from table where
anycolumn like/equal newyork" ? and then see the column
definition/name where it occurs ?

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 3:43 PM, sudha sadhasivam
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sir
>
> In our system, we need hive query to  retrieve the field name where a particular data item belongs
> For example, if we have a table having location information, when queried for New York, the query should retuen the field names where New York occurs like "City", "Administrative division" etc.
>
> Kindly inform whether it is possible to retrieve meta-data information for a particular field value in Hive
> Thanking you
> G Sudha

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Nitin Pawar