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Kristam Subba Swathi commented on HIVE-3032: -------------------------------------------- hive> create table sam(a int); OK Time taken: 0.07 seconds hive> msck; Failed with exception null FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask Please find the hive log ------------------------ {noformat} 2012-05-08 09:15:04,697 INFO ql.Driver (Driver.java:execute(1055)) - Starting command: msck 2012-05-08 09:15:04,713 ERROR exec.Task (SessionState.java:printError(380)) - Failed with exception null java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getQualifiedNames(Hive.java:2183) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.newTable(Hive.java:2166) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.msck(DDLTask.java:1677) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:286) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:133) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:57) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Dr {noformat} > Msck query execution is failing giving NullPointer Exception > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-3032 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3032 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Metastore > Affects Versions: 0.8.1, 0.9.0, 0.9.1 > Reporter: Kristam Subba Swathi > -- 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