title: What does "expected StringLiteral" mean in HIVE?
body: <p>I cannot figure out why HIVE is throwing me an error in the following script:</p>
  
  <pre><code>use &lt;output_db&gt;
  
  drop table if exists &lt;new_tbl&gt;; 
  create table &lt;new_tbl&gt; like &lt;old_tbl&gt;;
  
  load data local inpath &lt;directory&gt; into table &lt;new_tbl&gt;;​
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The exception is:  </p>
  
  <pre><code>FAILED: ParseException line 4:23 mismatched input '&lt;directory&gt;' expecting StringLiteral near 'inpath' in load statement
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Sorry if this is an elementary question.  But I've copied it from similar hql statements that work and I can't find a satisfactory answer.  </p>