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John Sichi commented on HIVE-1218:
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Some tests failed due to the explicit addition of the EXTERNAL property in some
cases.
> CREATE TABLE t LIKE some_view should create a new empty base table, but
> instead creates a copy of view
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> Key: HIVE-1218
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1218
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Metastore
> Affects Versions: 0.6.0
> Reporter: John Sichi
> Assignee: Charles Chen
> Fix For: 0.8.0
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> Attachments: HIVE-1218v0.patch, HIVE-1218v2.patch, HIVE-1218v3.patch,
> HIVE-1218v4.patch, HIVE-1218v5.patch
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> I think it should copy only the column definitions from the view metadata.
> Currently it is copying the entire descriptor, resulting in a new view
> instead of a new base table.
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