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Lefty Leverenz commented on HIVE-6319: -------------------------------------- NO_AUTO_COMPACTION is documented in the DDL wikidoc now, please review and correct if necessary: * [DDL -- Create Table (see bullet list after the syntax) | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+DDL#LanguageManualDDL-CreateTable] > Insert, update, delete functionality needs a compactor > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-6319 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6319 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Sub-task > Reporter: Alan Gates > Assignee: Alan Gates > Fix For: 0.13.0 > > Attachments: 6319.wip.patch, HIVE-6319.patch, HIVE-6319.patch, > HIVE-6319.patch, HIVE-6319.patch, HIVE-6319.patch, HiveCompactorDesign.pdf > > > In order to keep the number of delta files from spiraling out of control we > need a compactor to collect these delta files together, and eventually > rewrite the base file when the deltas get large enough. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)