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Zhenxiao Luo updated HIVE-1977:
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Status: Open (was: Patch Available)
> DESCRIBE TABLE syntax doesn't support specifying a database qualified table
> name
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> Key: HIVE-1977
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1977
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Database/Schema, Query Processor, SQL
> Reporter: Carl Steinbach
> Assignee: Zhenxiao Luo
> Attachments: HIVE-1977.1.patch.txt, HIVE-1977.2.patch.txt
>
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> The syntax for DESCRIBE is broken. It should be:
> {code}
> DESCRIBE [EXTENDED] [database DOT]table [column]
> {code}
> but is actually
> {code}
> DESCRIBE [EXTENDED] table[DOT col_name]
> {code}
> Ref: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/describe.html
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