How do I create a hive table without any intermediate files?

Question

I want to create and populate a hive table without loading anything from disk.

Specifically, I have

set idlist = (1,2,3);
set values = (2,3,5);
         


        

Answer 1

create table my_table(id int, value int);

insert overwrite table my_table
select a.id as id, b.value as value from (
  select count(*) from my_table
) t
lateral view explode(array(1,2,3)) a as id
lateral view explode(array(2,3,5)) b as value;