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Nicholas Jiang edited comment on FLINK-31310 at 3/4/23 4:02 PM: ---------------------------------------------------------------- [~lzljs3620320], the `dropTable` interface is invoked after `getTable`, therefore if no tale in hive, the `dropTable` could not be invoked, because there is a check whether table exist in `getDataTableSchema`. The exist situation occurs in the `getTable`, not in `dropTable`. IMO, when no table in hive, users could use the FileSystemCatalog to drop the table and clear table directory and HiveCatalog only drops the table in Hive and clear table directory via hive metastore client. was (Author: nicholasjiang): [~lzljs3620320], the `dropTable` interface is invoked after `getTable`, therefore if no tale in hive, the `dropTable` could not be invoked, because there is a check whether table exist in `getDataTableSchema`. IMO, when no table in hive, users could use the FileSystemCatalog to drop the table and clear table directory and HiveCatalog only drops the table in Hive and clear table directory via hive metastore client. > Force clear directory no matter what situation in HiveCatalog.dropTable > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-31310 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-31310 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Table Store > Reporter: Jingsong Lee > Assignee: Nicholas Jiang > Priority: Major > Fix For: table-store-0.4.0 > > > Currently, if no table in hive, will not clear the table. > We should clear table directory in any situation. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)