animenon commented on a change in pull request #388: HIVE-20057: Fix Hive table conversion DESCRIBE table bug URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/388#discussion_r264023163
########## File path: standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/ObjectStore.java ########## @@ -1802,12 +1802,12 @@ private MTable convertToMTable(Table tbl) throws InvalidObjectException, // accordingly String tableType = tbl.getTableType(); boolean isExternal = Boolean.parseBoolean(tbl.getParameters().get("EXTERNAL")); - if (TableType.MANAGED_TABLE.toString().equals(tableType)) { + if (TableType.MANAGED_TABLE.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(tableType)) { Review comment: Yes the `Boolean.parseBoolean` would ignore case and give correct `isExternal` value, but the thing is you wouldn't reach there.. `TableType.EXTERNAL_TABLE equals tableType` is checked before `if (!isExternal)` that would fail. [ref](https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/e4d60e29910ec709d432fd85819cb6b6d097d689/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/ObjectStore.java#L1811) Like you pointed out rightly, `isExternal` ignores case but the flow wouldn't goto that condition because the condition before that fails. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services