Github user liufengdb commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/20564#discussion_r167381054
--- Diff:
sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala ---
@@ -1107,11 +1107,6 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf:
SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
}
}
- // Note: Before altering table partitions in Hive, you *must* set the
current database
- // to the one that contains the table of interest. Otherwise you will
end up with the
- // most helpful error message ever: "Unable to alter partition. alter
is not possible."
- // See HIVE-2742 for more detail.
- client.setCurrentDatabase(db)
--- End diff --
Sorry, I meant `a special case`.
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