Alter table should accept database name ---------------------------------------
Key: HIVE-2584 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2584 Project: Hive Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 0.7.1 Reporter: Bharath Mundlapudi It would be nice if alter table accepts database name. For example: This would be more useful in certain usecases: alter table DB.Tbl set location <location>; rather than 2 statements. use DB; alter table Tbl set location <location>; -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira