Lenni Kuff created HIVE-7641:
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Summary: INSERT ... SELECT with no source table leads to NPE
Key: HIVE-7641
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7641
Project: Hive
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Query Processor
Affects Versions: 0.13.1
Reporter: Lenni Kuff
When no source table is provided for an INSERT statement Hive fails with NPE.
{code}
0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> create table test_tbl(i int);
No rows affected (0.333 seconds)
0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> insert into table test_tbl select 1;
Error: Error while compiling statement: FAILED: NullPointerException null
(state=42000,code=40000)
-- Get a NPE even when using incorrect syntax (no TABLE keyword)
0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> insert into test_tbl select 1;
Error: Error while compiling statement: FAILED: NullPointerException null
(state=42000,code=40000)
-- Works when a source table is provided
0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> insert into table test_tbl select 1
from foo;
No rows affected (5.751 seconds)
{code}
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