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Xuefu Zhang commented on HIVE-5754:
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This seems to be a bug. However, did you try to reproduce with the latest trunk?
> NullPointerException when alter partition table and table does not exist
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> Key: HIVE-5754
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-5754
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 0.10.0
> Reporter: Alexis Deltour
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> I have a problem with my oozie hive action which clean my hive table, and
> when my table doesn't exist and i alter partition table, i obtain different
> messages with 2 versions of hive :
> Sur CDH3 hive 0.7.1 :
> hive> ALTER TABLE mytable DROP IF EXISTS PARTITION (mypart='10');
> FAILED: Error in semantic analysis: Table not found mytable
> --> Oozie action OK.
> Sur CDH4 hive 0.10.0 :
> hive> ALTER TABLE mytable DROP IF EXISTS PARTITION (mypart='10');
> FAILED: NullPointerException null
> --> Oozie action in error.
> Is this a bug or a configuration problem ?
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