SQL statement to delete a column from a Hive table

The SQL statement for deleting a column in Hive involves using the ALTER TABLE command with the REPLACE COLUMNS clause. Here is an example:

ALTER TABLE table_name REPLACE COLUMNS (col1 data_type, col2 data_type, ...);

table_name is the name of the table from which the fields are to be deleted, and col1, col2, … are the names and corresponding data types of the fields to be deleted.

Caution: Deleting fields may result in data loss, so please proceed with caution.