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Aihua Xu commented on HIVE-14146: --------------------------------- I see. Sure. Seems reasonable to make such change. > Column comments with "\n" character "corrupts" table metadata > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-14146 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-14146 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Beeline > Affects Versions: 2.2.0 > Reporter: Peter Vary > Assignee: Peter Vary > Attachments: HIVE-14146.2.patch, HIVE-14146.3.patch, > HIVE-14146.4.patch, HIVE-14146.5.patch, HIVE-14146.6.patch, > HIVE-14146.7.patch, HIVE-14146.patch > > > Create a table with the following(noting the \n in the COMMENT): > {noformat} > CREATE TABLE commtest(first_nm string COMMENT 'Indicates First name\nof an > individual’); > {noformat} > Describe shows that now the metadata is messed up: > {noformat} > beeline> describe commtest; > +-------------------+------------+-----------------------+--+ > | col_name | data_type | comment | > +-------------------+------------+-----------------------+--+ > | first_nm | string | Indicates First name | > | of an individual | NULL | NULL | > +-------------------+------------+-----------------------+--+ > {noformat} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)