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Chun Chen commented on HIVE-2584:
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add some code to check return code of rename function.
> Alter table should accept database name
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> Key: HIVE-2584
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2584
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 0.7.1
> Reporter: Bharath Mundlapudi
> Assignee: Chun Chen
> Attachments: HIVE-2584.2.patch, HIVE-2584.3.patch, HIVE-2584.4.patch,
> HIVE-2584.5.patch, HIVE-2584.6.patch, HIVE-2584.patch
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> It would be nice if alter table accepts database name.
> For example:
> This would be more useful in certain usecases:
>
> alter table DB.Tbl set location <location>;
> rather than 2 statements.
> use DB;
> alter table Tbl set location <location>;
>
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