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Andy Mok commented on HIVE-6187:
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Weird. The Hive we're using is provided in CDH 4.5.0-1.cdh4.5.0.p0.30 from
Cloudera.
> Cannot use backticks around table name when using DESCRIBE query
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>
> Key: HIVE-6187
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6187
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 0.10.0
> Reporter: Andy Mok
>
> Backticks around tables named after special keywords, such as items, allow us
> to create, drop, and alter the table. For example
> {code:sql}
> CREATE TABLE foo.`items` (bar INT);
> DROP TABLE foo.`items`;
> ALTER TABLE `items` RENAME TO `items_`;
> {code}
> However, we cannot call
> {code:sql}
> DESCRIBE foo.`items`;
> DESCRIBE `items`;
> {code}
> The DESCRIBE query does not permit backticks to surround table names. The
> error returned is
> {code:sql}
> FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10001]: Table not found `items`
> {code}
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