Hive data types are categorized into two types: primitive and complex. String and Int are the most useful primitive types, which are supported by most HQL functions. The details of primitive types are as follows:
ay contain a set of any type of fields. Complex types allow the nesting of types. The details of complex types a
| Primitive type | Description | Example |
| TINYINT | It has 1 byte, from -128 to 127. The postfix is Y. It is used as a small range of numbers. | 10Y |
| SMALLINT | It has 2 bytes, from -32,768 to 32,767. The postfix is S. It is used as a regular descriptive number. | 10S |
| INT | It has 4 bytes, from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. | 10 |
| BIGINT | It has 8 bytes, from -9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. The postfix is L. | 100L |
| FLOAT | This is a 4 byte single-precision floating-point number, from 1.40129846432481707e-45 to 3.40282346638528860e... |
