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Namit Jain commented on HIVE-1920: ---------------------------------- Do you want to change the default behavior to not show any comments ? describe showcomments <tablename>; can show the comments - the existing users dont have to change their applications > DESCRIBE with comments is difficult to read > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-1920 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1920 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: CLI > Affects Versions: 0.7.0 > Reporter: Paul Yang > Assignee: Paul Yang > Priority: Minor > Attachments: HIVE-1920.1.nocomment.patch > > > When DESCRIBE is run, comments for columns are displayed next to the column > type. A problem with this is that if the comment contains line breaks, it is > difficult to differentiate the columns from the comments and is difficult to > read. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.