DROP IF EXISTS still throws exception about table does not exist?

Hi, all When I try hiveContext.hql(drop table if exists abc) where abc is a non-exist table I still received an exception about non-exist table though if exists is there the same statement runs well in hive shell Some feedback from Hive community is here:

Re: DROP IF EXISTS still throws exception about table does not exist?

Ah, I see, thanks, Yin -- Nan Zhu On Monday, July 21, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Yin Huai wrote: Hi Nan, It is basically a log entry because your table does not exist. It is not a real exception. Thanks, Yin On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:10 AM, Nan Zhu zhunanmcg...@gmail.com