Andy Mok created HIVE-6187:
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Summary: Cannot use backticks around table name when using
DESCRIBE query
Key: HIVE-6187
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6187
Project: Hive
Issue Type: Bug
Affects Versions: 0.10.0
Reporter: Andy Mok
Backticks around tables named after special keywords, such as items, allow us
to create, drop, and alter the table. For example
{code:sql}
CREATE TABLE foo.`items` (bar INT);
DROP TABLE foo.`items`;
ALTER TABLE `items` RENAME TO `items_`;
{code}
However, we cannot call
{code:sql}
DESCRIBE foo.`items`;
DESCRIBE `items`;
{code}
The DESCRIBE query does not permit backticks to surround table names. The error
returned is
{code:sql}
FAILED: SemanticException [Error 10001]: Table not found `items`
{code}
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