Github user cloud-fan commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/14155#discussion_r75066296
  
    --- Diff: 
sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala ---
    @@ -200,22 +348,73 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(client: 
HiveClient, hadoopConf: Configu
        * Alter a table whose name that matches the one specified in 
`tableDefinition`,
        * assuming the table exists.
        *
    -   * Note: As of now, this only supports altering table properties, serde 
properties,
    -   * and num buckets!
    +   * Note: As of now, this only supports altering table properties and 
serde properties.
        */
       override def alterTable(tableDefinition: CatalogTable): Unit = 
withClient {
         assert(tableDefinition.identifier.database.isDefined)
         val db = tableDefinition.identifier.database.get
         requireTableExists(db, tableDefinition.identifier.table)
    -    client.alterTable(tableDefinition)
    +    verifyTableProperties(tableDefinition)
    +
    +    if (tableDefinition.provider == Some("hive") || 
tableDefinition.tableType == VIEW) {
    +      client.alterTable(tableDefinition)
    +    } else {
    +      val oldDef = client.getTable(db, tableDefinition.identifier.table)
    +      // Sets the `schema`, `partitionColumnNames` and `bucketSpec` from 
the old table definition,
    +      // to retain the spark specific format if it is.
    +      // Also add table meta properties to table properties, to retain the 
data source table format.
    +      val newDef = tableDefinition.copy(
    +        schema = oldDef.schema,
    +        partitionColumnNames = oldDef.partitionColumnNames,
    +        bucketSpec = oldDef.bucketSpec,
    +        properties = tableMetadataToProperties(tableDefinition) ++ 
tableDefinition.properties)
    +
    +      client.alterTable(newDef)
    +    }
       }
     
       override def getTable(db: String, table: String): CatalogTable = 
withClient {
    -    client.getTable(db, table)
    +    restoreTableMetadata(client.getTable(db, table))
       }
     
       override def getTableOption(db: String, table: String): 
Option[CatalogTable] = withClient {
    -    client.getTableOption(db, table)
    +    client.getTableOption(db, table).map(restoreTableMetadata)
    +  }
    +
    +  /**
    +   * Restores table metadata from the table properties if it's a datasouce 
table. This method is
    +   * kind of a opposite version of [[createTable]].
    +   */
    +  private def restoreTableMetadata(table: CatalogTable): CatalogTable = {
    +    if (table.tableType == VIEW) {
    +      table
    +    } else {
    +      getProviderFromTableProperties(table).map { provider =>
    --- End diff --
    
    no, for `hive` we won't go to the `table meta to properties` branch, thus 
if we have provider in table properties, it must not be hive.


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