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Edward Capriolo commented on HIVE-2837: --------------------------------------- maybe add a read only keyword or table property? > insert into external tables should not be allowed > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-2837 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2837 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Namit Jain > Assignee: Namit Jain > > This is a very risky thing to allow. > Since, the external tables can point to any user location, which can > potentially corrupt some other tables. -- 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