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jirapos...@reviews.apache.org commented on HIVE-2086: ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: https://reviews.apache.org/r/604/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Review request for hive. Summary ------- Review request for HIVE-2086. The external parameters were being set, but then being zeroed out by a call to params.clear(), resulting in an external table that wasn't marked as external. This addresses bug HIVE-2086. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2086 Diffs ----- build-common.xml 9f21a69 data/files/ext_test/test.dat PRE-CREATION ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/DDLTask.java 9d8919c ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/create_like.q 2edde83 ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/create_like.q.out 63a8939 Diff: https://reviews.apache.org/r/604/diff Testing ------- Automated tests added Thanks, Jonathan > Data loss with external table > ----------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-2086 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2086 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Metastore > Affects Versions: 0.7.0 > Environment: Amazon elastics mapreduce cluster > Reporter: Q Long > Assignee: Jonathan Natkins > Attachments: HIVE-2086.1.patch > > > Data loss when using "create external table like" statement. > 1) Set up an external table S, point to location L. Populate data in S. > 2) Create another external table T, using statement like this: > create external table T like S location L > Make sure table T point to the same location as the original table S. > 3) Query table T, see the same set of data in S. > 4) drop table T. > 5) Query table S will return nothing, and location L is deleted. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira