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Hudson commented on HIVE-2837: ------------------------------ Integrated in Hive-trunk-h0.21 #1302 (See [https://builds.apache.org/job/Hive-trunk-h0.21/1302/]) HIVE-2837. insert into external tables should not be allowed. (namit via kevinwilfong) (Revision 1298936) Result = SUCCESS kevinwilfong : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1298936 Files : * /hive/trunk/common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/conf/HiveConf.java * /hive/trunk/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/ErrorMsg.java * /hive/trunk/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/parse/SemanticAnalyzer.java * /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/queries/clientnegative/insertexternal1.q * /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/results/clientnegative/insertexternal1.q.out > insert into external tables should not be allowed > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-2837 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2837 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Namit Jain > Assignee: Namit Jain > Attachments: HIVE-2837.D2211.1.patch, HIVE-2837.D2211.2.patch > > > 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. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira