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Alan Gates commented on HIVE-2837:
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If this is to be added it should definitely be configurable, with the default
off, since this is a major backwards incompatibility.
> insert into external tables should not be allowed
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> Key: HIVE-2837
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2837
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Namit Jain
> Assignee: Namit Jain
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> This is a very risky thing to allow.
> Since, the external tables can point to any user location, which can
> potentially corrupt some other tables.
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