Jenny Kim created HIVE-11261: -------------------------------- Summary: DESCRIBE database qualifier does not work when calling DESCRIBE on column or nested columns. Key: HIVE-11261 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-11261 Project: Hive Issue Type: Bug Components: Parser Reporter: Jenny Kim Priority: Minor
When running a DESCRIBE on a column or nested column, Hive raises a SemanticException if a database qualifier is included: hive> DESCRIBE `default`.`merchants`.`products`; FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10004]: Invalid table alias or column reference default.merchants.products hive> DESCRIBE `default`.`merchants`.`products`.`$value$`; FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10001]: Table not found default.merchants.products.$value$ -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)