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Jason Dere commented on HIVE-8579: ---------------------------------- [~hagleitn] will add to 0.14 > Guaranteed NPE in DDLSemanticAnalyzer > ------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-8579 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-8579 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Lars Francke > Assignee: Jason Dere > Fix For: 0.14.0 > > Attachments: HIVE-8579.1.patch, HIVE-8579.1.patch > > > This was added by [~jdere] in HIVE-8411. I don't fully understand the code > (i.e. what it means when desc is null) but I'm sure, Jason, you can fix it > without much trouble? > {code} > if (desc == null || > !AlterTableDesc.doesAlterTableTypeSupportPartialPartitionSpec(desc.getOp())) { > throw new SemanticException( > ErrorMsg.ALTER_TABLE_TYPE_PARTIAL_PARTITION_SPEC_NO_SUPPORTED, > desc.getOp().name()); > } else if (!conf.getBoolVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.DYNAMICPARTITIONING)) { > throw new SemanticException(ErrorMsg.DYNAMIC_PARTITION_DISABLED); > } > {code} > You check for whether {{desc}} is null but then use it to do {{desc.getOp()}}. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)