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Carl Steinbach commented on HIVE-2290:
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Hive's DESCRIBE command uses non-standard syntax (see HIVE-1977) which results
in a lot of errors for users. Unfortunately, the current error message does not
provide any help:
{noformat}
hive> CREATE DATABASE d1;
OK
hive> CREATE TABLE d1.t(x INT);
OK
hive> DESCRIBE d1.t;
FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask
hive>
{noformat}
The error message should instead say something like "Table 'd1' does not exist".
> Improve error messages for DESCRIBE command
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>
> Key: HIVE-2290
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2290
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Diagnosability, SQL
> Reporter: Carl Steinbach
>
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