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Hive QA commented on HIVE-7971: ------------------------------- {color:red}Overall{color}: -1 at least one tests failed Here are the results of testing the latest attachment: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12666373/HIVE-7971.1.patch {color:red}ERROR:{color} -1 due to 2 failed/errored test(s), 6143 tests executed *Failed tests:* {noformat} org.apache.hive.hcatalog.pig.TestOrcHCatLoader.testReadDataPrimitiveTypes org.apache.hive.jdbc.miniHS2.TestHiveServer2.testConnection {noformat} Test results: http://ec2-174-129-184-35.compute-1.amazonaws.com/jenkins/job/PreCommit-HIVE-TRUNK-Build/628/testReport Console output: http://ec2-174-129-184-35.compute-1.amazonaws.com/jenkins/job/PreCommit-HIVE-TRUNK-Build/628/console Test logs: http://ec2-174-129-184-35.compute-1.amazonaws.com/logs/PreCommit-HIVE-TRUNK-Build-628/ Messages: {noformat} Executing org.apache.hive.ptest.execution.PrepPhase Executing org.apache.hive.ptest.execution.ExecutionPhase Executing org.apache.hive.ptest.execution.ReportingPhase Tests exited with: TestsFailedException: 2 tests failed {noformat} This message is automatically generated. ATTACHMENT ID: 12666373 > Support alter table change/replace/add columns for existing partitions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-7971 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7971 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Jason Dere > Assignee: Jason Dere > Attachments: HIVE-7971.1.patch > > > ALTER TABLE CHANGE COLUMN is allowed for tables, but not for partitions. Same > for add/replace columns. > Allowing this for partitions can be useful in some cases. For example, one > user has tables with Hive 0.12 Decimal columns, which do not specify > precision/scale. To be able to properly read the decimal values from the > existing partitions, the column types in the partitions need to be changed to > decimal types with precision/scale. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)