> Error 40003]: Only External tables can have an explicit location
…
> using hive 1.2. I got this error. This was definitely not a requirement
> before
Are you using Apache hive or some vendor fork?
Some BI engines demand there be no aliasing for tables, so each table needs a
unique location to avoid schema issues.
I tested this on master & HDP builds, the vanilla Apache doesn't have this
restriction (if there is, an explicit version would be helpful).
$ hive --version
Hive 1.2.1000.2.5.3.0-37
hive> use testing;
OK
Time taken: 1.245 seconds
hive> create table foo (x int) location '/tmp/foo';
OK
Time taken: 0.59 seconds
hive> desc formatted foo;
OK
# col_name data_type comment
x int
# Detailed Table Information
Database: testing
Owner: gopal
CreateTime: Wed Jan 25 15:38:27 EST 2017
LastAccessTime: UNKNOWN
Protect Mode: None
Retention: 0
Location: hdfs://nnha/tmp/foo
Table Type: MANAGED_TABLE
Table Parameters:
numFiles 2
totalSize 66
transient_lastDdlTime 1485376707
# Storage Information
SerDe Library: org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe
InputFormat: org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat
OutputFormat:
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveIgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat
Compressed: No
Num Buckets: -1
Bucket Columns: []
Sort Columns: []
Storage Desc Params:
serialization.format 1
Time taken: 0.455 seconds, Fetched: 28 row(s)
hive>
Cheers,
Gopal
