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Hive QA commented on HIVE-19253:
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| uname | Linux hiveptest-server-upstream 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 
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| Build tool | maven |
| Personality | 
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| git revision | master / 649d7c1 |
| Default Java | 1.8.0_111 |
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| modules | C: standalone-metastore/metastore-server U: 
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> HMS ignores tableType property for external tables
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-19253
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-19253
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Metastore
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 4.0.0
>            Reporter: Alexander Kolbasov
>            Assignee: Alexander Kolbasov
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: newbie
>         Attachments: HIVE-19253.01.patch, HIVE-19253.02.patch, 
> HIVE-19253.03.patch, HIVE-19253.03.patch, HIVE-19253.04.patch
>
>
> When someone creates a table using Thrift API they may think that setting 
> tableType to {{EXTERNAL_TABLE}} creates an external table. And boom - their 
> table is gone later because HMS will silently change it to managed table.
> here is the offending code:
> {code:java}
>   private MTable convertToMTable(Table tbl) throws InvalidObjectException,
>       MetaException {
>     ...
>     // If the table has property EXTERNAL set, update table type
>     // accordingly
>     String tableType = tbl.getTableType();
>     boolean isExternal = 
> Boolean.parseBoolean(tbl.getParameters().get("EXTERNAL"));
>     if (TableType.MANAGED_TABLE.toString().equals(tableType)) {
>       if (isExternal) {
>         tableType = TableType.EXTERNAL_TABLE.toString();
>       }
>     }
>     if (TableType.EXTERNAL_TABLE.toString().equals(tableType)) {
>       if (!isExternal) { // Here!
>         tableType = TableType.MANAGED_TABLE.toString();
>       }
>     }
> {code}
> So if the EXTERNAL parameter is not set, table type is changed to managed 
> even if it was external in the first place - which is wrong.
> More over, in other places code looks at the table property to decide table 
> type and some places look at parameter. HMS should really make its mind which 
> one to use.



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