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Hive QA commented on HIVE-19253: -------------------------------- Here are the results of testing the latest attachment: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12935770/HIVE-19253.04.patch {color:red}ERROR:{color} -1 due to build exiting with an error Test results: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HIVE-Build/13263/testReport Console output: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HIVE-Build/13263/console Test logs: http://104.198.109.242/logs/PreCommit-HIVE-Build-13263/ Messages: {noformat} Executing org.apache.hive.ptest.execution.TestCheckPhase Tests exited with: Exception: Patch URL https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12935770/HIVE-19253.04.patch was found in seen patch url's cache and a test was probably run already on it. Aborting... {noformat} This message is automatically generated. ATTACHMENT ID: 12935770 - PreCommit-HIVE-Build > 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. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)