Github user gatorsmile commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/15024#discussion_r85624636
  
    --- Diff: 
sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala ---
    @@ -418,21 +424,41 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: 
SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
         }
     
         if (DDLUtils.isDatasourceTable(withStatsProps)) {
    -      val oldDef = client.getTable(db, withStatsProps.identifier.table)
    -      // Sets the `schema`, `partitionColumnNames` and `bucketSpec` from 
the old table definition,
    -      // to retain the spark specific format if it is. Also add old data 
source properties to table
    -      // properties, to retain the data source table format.
    -      val oldDataSourceProps = 
oldDef.properties.filter(_._1.startsWith(SPARK_SQL_PREFIX))
    +      val oldTableDef = client.getTable(db, 
withStatsProps.identifier.table)
    +
    +      // Always update the location property w.r.t. the new table location.
    +      val locationProp = tableDefinition.storage.locationUri.map { 
location =>
    +        TABLE_LOCATION -> location
    +      }
    +      // Only update the `locationUri` field if the location is really 
changed, because this table
    +      // may be not Hive-compatible and can not set the `locationUri` 
field. We should respect the
    +      // old `locationUri` even it's None.
    +      val oldLocation = getLocationFromRawTable(oldTableDef)
    +      val locationUri = if (oldLocation == 
tableDefinition.storage.locationUri) {
    --- End diff --
    
    When we using in-memory catalog, the location is changed for `renameTable` 
on managed data source tables. 
    
    It sounds like we are not having the same behavior when using hive external 
catalog? 


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