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alex gemini commented on HIVE-2980: ----------------------------------- and maybe this will help stats gather,if table or partition status is "NEW" or "DROPED", we know that there is 0 row in this table or partition, if table or partition status is "LOADED" or "INSERT" ,we can continue to gather table stats. > Show a warning or an error when the data directory is empty or not existing > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-2980 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2980 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Diagnosability, Metastore > Reporter: Nitin Pawar > > It looks like a good idea to show a warning or an error when the data > directory is missing or empty. > This will help in cut down the debugging time as well a good information to > have on the deleted data -- 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