{"id":10198,"date":"2024-03-14T11:42:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-hive-perform-a-fuzzy-match-between-two-tables\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T20:29:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T20:29:22","slug":"how-can-hive-perform-a-fuzzy-match-between-two-tables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-hive-perform-a-fuzzy-match-between-two-tables\/","title":{"rendered":"Hive Fuzzy Match Between Tables Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One way to perform a fuzzy matching between two tables in Hive is by using wildcard characters, such as the LIKE or RLIKE operators. 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