[jira] [Created] (SENTRY-719) create external table tablename, if tablename exists, instead of warning user table already exists, throws exception: MetaException(message:java.lang.NullPointerException) (state=08S01,code=1)

[Anne Yu (JIRA)]

Anne Yu created SENTRY-719:
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             Summary: create external table tablename, if tablename exists, 
instead of warning user table already exists, throws exception: 
MetaException(message:java.lang.NullPointerException) (state=08S01,code=1) 
                 Key: SENTRY-719
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SENTRY-719
             Project: Sentry
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 1.4.0
            Reporter: Anne Yu
            Assignee: Prasad Mujumdar
             Fix For: 1.5.0


{code}
0: jdbc:hive2://a2110.halxg.cloudera.com:1000> CREATE external TABLE 
employees2(name STRING, salary FLOAT, subordinates ARRAY<STRING>, deductions 
MAP<STRING, FLOAT>, address STRUCT<street:STRING, city:STRING, state:STRING, 
zip:INT>) PARTITIONED BY(country STRING, state STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED 
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\001' COLLECTION ITEMS TERMINATED BY '\002' MAP KEYS 
TERMINATED BY '\003' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n' LOCATION '/data/employees';
Error: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 
from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. 
MetaException(message:java.lang.NullPointerException) (state=08S01,code=1)
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