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Chaoyu Tang updated HIVE-9975: ------------------------------ Attachment: HIVE-9975.1.patch Fixed alter_rename_partition_failure.q negative test failure. The error message should be: "FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. Renamed partition does not exist in default.alter_rename_partition" instead of the previous "FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. null" > Renaming a nonexisting partition should not throw out NullPointerException > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-9975 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-9975 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Chaoyu Tang > Assignee: Chaoyu Tang > Priority: Minor > Attachments: HIVE-9975.1.patch, HIVE-9975.patch > > > Renaming a nonexisting partition should not throw out NullPointerException. > create table testpart (col1 int, col2 string, col3 string) partitioned by > (part string); > alter table testpart partition (part = 'nonexisting') rename to partition > (part = 'existing'); > we get NPE like following: > {code} > 15/03/16 10:16:11 ERROR exec.DDLTask: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.renamePartition(DDLTask.java:944) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:350) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:160) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:88) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1642) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1402) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1187) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1053) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1043) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:207) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:159) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:370) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.executeDriver(CliDriver.java:754) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:675) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:615) > FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. null > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)