Lenni Kuff created HIVE-7641: -------------------------------- Summary: INSERT ... SELECT with no source table leads to NPE Key: HIVE-7641 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7641 Project: Hive Issue Type: Bug Components: Query Processor Affects Versions: 0.13.1 Reporter: Lenni Kuff
When no source table is provided for an INSERT statement Hive fails with NPE. {code} 0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> create table test_tbl(i int); No rows affected (0.333 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> insert into table test_tbl select 1; Error: Error while compiling statement: FAILED: NullPointerException null (state=42000,code=40000) -- Get a NPE even when using incorrect syntax (no TABLE keyword) 0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> insert into test_tbl select 1; Error: Error while compiling statement: FAILED: NullPointerException null (state=42000,code=40000) -- Works when a source table is provided 0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050/default> insert into table test_tbl select 1 from foo; No rows affected (5.751 seconds) {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)