mysql> select TBL_ID,CREATE_TIME,LAST_ACCESS_TIME,TBL_NAME,TBL_TYPE from TBLS; +--------+-------------+------------------+----------------------+---------------+ | TBL_ID | CREATE_TIME | LAST_ACCESS_TIME | TBL_NAME | TBL_TYPE | +--------+-------------+------------------+----------------------+---------------+ | 6 | 1437309077 | 0 | students | MANAGED_TABLE | | 11 | 1437402612 | 0 | user_info_bucketed_1 | MANAGED_TABLE | +--------+-------------+------------------+----------------------+---------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select TBL_ID,CREATE_TIME,LAST_ACCESS_TIME,TBL_NAME,TBL_TYPE from TBLS \G; *************************** 1. row *************************** TBL_ID: 6 CREATE_TIME: 1437309077 LAST_ACCESS_TIME: 0 TBL_NAME: students TBL_TYPE: MANAGED_TABLE *************************** 2. row *************************** TBL_ID: 11 CREATE_TIME: 1437402612 LAST_ACCESS_TIME: 0 TBL_NAME: user_info_bucketed_1 TBL_TYPE: MANAGED_TABLE 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from user_info; +---------+-----------+-----------+ | user_id | firstname | lastname | +---------+-----------+-----------+ | 100 | Hadoop | Spark01 | | 100 | Hadoop | Spark02 | | 100 | Hadoop | Spark03 | | 200 | Hive | Python2.6 | | 200 | Hive | Python2.7 | | 200 | Hive | Python3.3 | | 200 | Hive | Python3.4 | | 300 | HBase | Pig | | 300 | HBase | Zoo | +---------+-----------+-----------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select user_id,group_concat(firstname) from user_info group by user_id; +---------+-------------------------+ | user_id | group_concat(firstname) | +---------+-------------------------+ | 100 | Hadoop,Hadoop,Hadoop | | 200 | Hive,Hive,Hive,Hive | | 300 | HBase,HBase | +---------+-------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.06 sec) mysql> select user_id,group_concat(lastname) from user_info group by user_id; +---------+-----------------------------------------+ | user_id | group_concat(lastname) | +---------+-----------------------------------------+ | 100 | Spark01,Spark02,Spark03 | | 200 | Python2.6,Python2.7,Python3.3,Python3.4 | | 300 | Pig,Zoo | +---------+-----------------------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select user_id,group_concat(lastname separator ';') from user_info group by user_id; +---------+-----------------------------------------+ | user_id | group_concat(lastname separator ';') | +---------+-----------------------------------------+ | 100 | Spark01;Spark02;Spark03 | | 200 | Python2.6;Python2.7;Python3.3;Python3.4 | | 300 | Pig;Zoo | +---------+-----------------------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select user_id,group_concat(lastname order by lastname desc separator '#') from user_info group by user_id; +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | user_id | group_concat(lastname order by lastname desc separator '#') | +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 100 | Spark03#Spark02#Spark01 | | 200 | Python3.4#Python3.3#Python2.7#Python2.6 | | 300 | Zoo#Pig | +---------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)