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Hudson commented on HIVE-2795: ------------------------------ Integrated in Hive-trunk-h0.21 #1252 (See [https://builds.apache.org/job/Hive-trunk-h0.21/1252/]) HIVE-2795 View partitions do not have a storage descriptor (Kevin Wilfong via namit) namit : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1242682 Files : * /hive/trunk/metastore/scripts/upgrade/001-HIVE-2795.update_view_partitions.py * /hive/trunk/metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveMetaStore.java * /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/describe_formatted_view_partitioned.q * /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/describe_formatted_view_partitioned.q.out > View partitions do not have a storage descriptor > ------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-2795 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2795 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Namit Jain > Assignee: Kevin Wilfong > Attachments: HIVE-2795.D1683.1.patch, HIVE-2795.D1683.2.patch, > HIVE-2795.D1683.3.patch > > > Besides being an inconsistency, it causes errors. > Calling describe formatted on a view partition throws an exception > java.lang.NullPointerException > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Partition.getCols(Partition.java:505) > > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.describeTable(DDLTask.java:2570) > because it does not have a column descriptor, which is part of the storage > descriptor. -- 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