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 Reporter: Carl Steinbach 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. - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira