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Zhenxiao Luo reassigned HIVE-1977: ---------------------------------- Assignee: Zhenxiao Luo > DESCRIBE TABLE syntax doesn't support specifying a database qualified table > name > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-1977 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1977 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Query Processor, SQL > Reporter: Carl Steinbach > Assignee: Zhenxiao Luo > > The syntax for DESCRIBE is broken. It should be: > {code} > DESCRIBE [EXTENDED] [database DOT]table [column] > {code} > but is actually > {code} > DESCRIBE [EXTENDED] table[DOT col_name] > {code} > Ref: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/describe.html -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira