Tim, I think Michael was not suggesting to drop your tables, but instead create/drop new unique tables in each test like we do in EE tests.
Yes, I think we should tackle this. I frequently run into this problem with a "foo" table :) On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Lars Volker <l...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Yes, they are in the default db. I think the easiest way to go about this > is to create 26 tables in default with a script and then rename tables in > the FE tests until we catch all of them. Or try to grep for the offending > tests. :) > > There seems to be some consensus that we should tackle this, so I'll open a > JIRA. > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Tim Armstrong <tarmstr...@cloudera.com> > wrote: > > > Personally I'd prefer the frontend test to fail instead of dropping my > > table without warning. I assume these tables are in the default database, > > right? > > > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Alexander Behm <alex.b...@cloudera.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Michael, to keep them fast and self-contained the FE tests do not > > require a > > > running Impala cluster, and as such cannot really execute any > statements > > > (e.g. DROP/ADD). > > > > > > The FE has limited mechanisms for setting up temporary tables which > might > > > suffice in most but not all cases. > > > > > > I agree with Lars that we should address this issue. We need to look > at a > > > few cases and see if there's a sledgehammer solution we can apply. > > > > > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Michael Brown <mi...@cloudera.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Why not alter the frontend test to drop t if exists? Tests should > > > generally > > > > strive to set themselves up. Is there some trait of the frontend > tests > > > that > > > > prevents that? > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:38 AM, Lars Volker <l...@cloudera.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > I frequently create test tables on my local system with names like > > "t" > > > or > > > > > "p". A couple of frontend tests use the same names and then fail > with > > > > > "Table already exists". > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone else hit this from time to time? Can we change the > table > > > > names > > > > > in the tests to avoid single letter names? If there are no > > objections, > > > > I'll > > > > > open a JIRA. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Lars > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
