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Sankar Hariappan commented on HIVE-20057:
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[~animenon], [~rmsm...@gmail.com]
I think, this issue doesn't exist in master code.
We use Boolean.parseBoolean to read the "EXTERNAL" property which ignores case.
Also, the fix in the patch is to use equalsIgnoreCase when compare the
TableType and not "EXTERNAL" property which is irrelevant.
If I misunderstood your scenario, please let me know.
Also, it would be better to add a unit test to reproduce this bug in master
code.
> For ALTER TABLE t SET TBLPROPERTIES ('EXTERNAL'='TRUE'); `TBL_TYPE` attribute
> change not reflecting for non-CAPS
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>
> Key: HIVE-20057
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-20057
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Standalone Metastore
> Affects Versions: All Versions
> Reporter: Anirudh
> Assignee: Anirudh
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: pull-request-available
> Fix For: 3.1.0
>
> Attachments: hive20057.patch
>
> Time Spent: 50m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> Hive EXTERNAL table shown as MANAGED after conversion using
> {code} ALTER TABLE t SET TBLPROPERTIES ('EXTERNAL'='True')
> {code}
>
> The DESCRIBE FORMATTED shows:
> {code}
> Table Type: MANAGED_TABLE
> Table Parameters:
> EXTERNAL True
> {code}
>
> This is actually a External table but is shown wrongly, as 'True' was used in
> place of 'TRUE' in the ALTER statement.
> Issue explained here:
> [StakOverflow - Hive Table is MANAGED or
> EXTERNAL|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51103317/hive-table-is-managed-or-external/51142873#51142873]
>
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