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Carl Steinbach commented on HIVE-2310: -------------------------------------- CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE does not require the user to specify a LOCATION clause: {code} hive> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE ext(a INT); OK hive> DESCRIBE FORMATTED ext; ... Location: file:/user/hive/warehouse/ext <--- NOT GOOD Table Type: EXTERNAL_TABLE hive> {code} We should make the following changes: * Require the user to specify a valid LOCATION clause for CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE statements. * Throw an error if the user specifies a LOCATION that is a subdirectory of hive.metastore.warehouse.dir > CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE should require a valid LOCATION clause > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-2310 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2310 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: SQL > Reporter: Carl Steinbach > -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira