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---
slug: /en/sql-reference/table-functions/hdfs
sidebar_position: 80
sidebar_label: hdfs
---
# hdfs
Creates a table from files in HDFS. This table function is similar to [url](../../sql-reference/table-functions/url.md) and [file](../../sql-reference/table-functions/file.md) ones.
``` sql
hdfs(URI, format, structure)
```
**Input parameters**
- `URI` — The relative URI to the file in HDFS. Path to file support following globs in readonly mode: `*`, `?`, `{abc,def}` and `{N..M}` where `N`, `M` — numbers, \``'abc', 'def'` — strings.
- `format` — The [format](../../interfaces/formats.md#formats) of the file.
- `structure` — Structure of the table. Format `'column1_name column1_type, column2_name column2_type, ...'`.
**Returned value**
A table with the specified structure for reading or writing data in the specified file.
**Example**
Table from `hdfs://hdfs1:9000/test` and selection of the first two rows from it:
``` sql
SELECT *
FROM hdfs('hdfs://hdfs1:9000/test', 'TSV', 'column1 UInt32, column2 UInt32, column3 UInt32')
LIMIT 2
```
``` text
┌─column1─┬─column2─┬─column3─┐
│ 1 │ 2 │ 3 │
│ 3 │ 2 │ 1 │
└─────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
```
## Globs in path {#globs_in_path}
Paths may use globbing. Files must match the whole path pattern, not only the suffix or prefix.
- `*` — Represents arbitrarily many characters except `/` but including the empty string.
- `**` — Represents all files inside a folder recursively.
- `?` — Represents an arbitrary single character.
- `{some_string,another_string,yet_another_one}` — Substitutes any of strings `'some_string', 'another_string', 'yet_another_one'`. The strings can contain the `/` symbol.
- `{N..M}` — Represents any number `>= N` and `<= M`.
Constructions with `{}` are similar to the [remote](remote.md) and [file](file.md) table functions.
**Example**
1. Suppose that we have several files with following URIs on HDFS:
- hdfs://hdfs1:9000/some_dir/some_file_1
- hdfs://hdfs1:9000/some_dir/some_file_2
- hdfs://hdfs1:9000/some_dir/some_file_3
- hdfs://hdfs1:9000/another_dir/some_file_1
- hdfs://hdfs1:9000/another_dir/some_file_2
- hdfs://hdfs1:9000/another_dir/some_file_3
2. Query the amount of rows in these files:
<!-- -->
``` sql
SELECT count(*)
FROM hdfs('hdfs://hdfs1:9000/{some,another}_dir/some_file_{1..3}', 'TSV', 'name String, value UInt32')
```
3. Query the amount of rows in all files of these two directories:
<!-- -->
``` sql
SELECT count(*)
FROM hdfs('hdfs://hdfs1:9000/{some,another}_dir/*', 'TSV', 'name String, value UInt32')
```
:::note
If your listing of files contains number ranges with leading zeros, use the construction with braces for each digit separately or use `?`.
:::
**Example**
Query the data from files named `file000`, `file001`, ... , `file999`:
``` sql
SELECT count(*)
FROM hdfs('hdfs://hdfs1:9000/big_dir/file{0..9}{0..9}{0..9}', 'CSV', 'name String, value UInt32')
```
## Virtual Columns
- `_path` — Path to the file. Type: `LowCardinalty(String)`.
- `_file` — Name of the file. Type: `LowCardinalty(String)`.
- `_size` — Size of the file in bytes. Type: `Nullable(UInt64)`. If the size is unknown, the value is `NULL`.
- `_time` — Last modified time of the file. Type: `Nullable(DateTime)`. If the time is unknown, the value is `NULL`.
## Hive-style partitioning {#hive-style-partitioning}
When setting `use_hive_partitioning` is set to 1, ClickHouse will detect Hive-style partitioning in the path (`/name=value/`) and will allow to use partition columns as virtual columns in the query. These virtual columns will have the same names as in the partitioned path, but starting with `_`.
**Example**
Use virtual column, created with Hive-style partitioning
``` sql
SET use_hive_partitioning = 1;
SELECT * from HDFS('hdfs://hdfs1:9000/data/path/date=*/country=*/code=*/*.parquet') where _date > '2020-01-01' and _country = 'Netherlands' and _code = 42;
```
## Storage Settings {#storage-settings}
- [hdfs_truncate_on_insert](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings.md#hdfs_truncate_on_insert) - allows to truncate file before insert into it. Disabled by default.
- [hdfs_create_new_file_on_insert](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings.md#hdfs_create_new_file_on_insert) - allows to create a new file on each insert if format has suffix. Disabled by default.
- [hdfs_skip_empty_files](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings.md#hdfs_skip_empty_files) - allows to skip empty files while reading. Disabled by default.
- [ignore_access_denied_multidirectory_globs](/docs/en/operations/settings/settings.md#ignore_access_denied_multidirectory_globs) - allows to ignore permission denied errors for multi-directory globs.
**See Also**
- [Virtual columns](../../engines/table-engines/index.md#table_engines-virtual_columns)