> java.sql.SQLException: Error while processing statement: FAILED: Execution > Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. Unable to > alter partition. alter is not possible
> Altering works fine in a test table in our dev env. The logs here aren't too > helpful. The hiveserver2 logs might have a different backtrace than this, with more information in it. FYI, you can check the backend DB for the actual value. Cheers, Gopal