Github user yhuai commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/14750#discussion_r86470657 --- Diff: sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala --- @@ -417,11 +429,12 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat } override def renameTable(db: String, oldName: String, newName: String): Unit = withClient { - val rawTable = client.getTable(db, oldName) + val rawTable = getRawTable(db, oldName) - val storageWithNewPath = if (rawTable.tableType == MANAGED) { - // If it's a managed table and we are renaming it, then the path option becomes inaccurate - // and we need to update it according to the new table name. + val hasPathOption = new CaseInsensitiveMap(rawTable.storage.properties).contains("path") + val storageWithNewPath = if (rawTable.tableType == MANAGED && hasPathOption) { --- End diff -- Let's also explain why we are not changing locationUri at here (need to mention that Hive will change it inside alterTable, line https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/14750/files#diff-159191585e10542f013cb3a714f26075R448).
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