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metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveAlterHandler.java
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    Can we replace '+' with '," so that we can propagate the exception stack? 
Same below.


- Xuefu Zhang


On March 12, 2015, 10:55 a.m., Chaoyu Tang wrote:
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> (Updated March 12, 2015, 10:55 a.m.)
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> Review request for hive, Brock Noland, Chao Sun, Szehon Ho, and Xuefu Zhang.
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> Repository: hive-git
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> Description
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> Alter table .. rename/change column did not change or invalidate the columns 
> stats data in TAB_COL_STATS or PART_COL_STATS, which lead to inconsistent 
> data in these tables and caused the issues as reported in HIVE-9720 and 
> HIVE-9866. For example, if we do alter table .. rename and move the table to 
> a different database, all related metadata has changed except those in 
> TAB_COL_STATS/PART_COL_STATS. When we drop the moved table, Hive needs delete 
> its column stats data first if it was computed, but it could not since the 
> DB_NAME stored in TAB_COL_STATS does not match the actual DB_NAME, therefore 
> causing the referiential violation seen in HIVE-9720. For another example, 
> after we change a table column type, say from int to string using alter table 
> ... change ..., and if the column stats is computed before and  after the 
> change, you will find this column has the stats data for both int and string, 
> which is not correct. 
> This patch is to fix these issues by removing invalid column stats data from 
> TAB_COL_STATS/PART_COL_STATS after the change in db, table, partition and 
> column type for a column.
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> Diffs
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>   metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveAlterHandler.java 
> d99cfdf74d57071183e9385b5a3f2c5335e4ce60 
>   metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetaStoreUtils.java 
> 612f927d5515fbd5c3257a04b85f9bcc4c6891f3 
>   ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/alter_table_invalidate_column_stats.q 
> PRE-CREATION 
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> ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/alter_table_invalidate_column_stats.q.out 
> PRE-CREATION 
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> Diff: https://reviews.apache.org/r/31978/diff/
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> Testing
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> 1. Manual tests:
> Went through cases in alter_table_invalidate_column_stats.q and checked 
> TAB_COL_STATS/PART_COL_STATS to make sure that the invalid column stats has 
> been cleaned after alter table ..., alter table ... cascade, alter table 
> partition ..., with sqldirect and ORM.
> 2. new qtest alter_table_invalidate_column_stats.q was added and the patch 
> has been submitted to kick off precommitted build
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> Thanks,
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> Chaoyu Tang
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