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vaibhav updated HIVE-20288: --------------------------- Description: When I do DROP TABLE ( for a table which really does not exist in the database) in hive .It really don't throw any warning/error and just show OK (the same message as the table is present and was dropped ). ========= hive> show tables; OK Time taken: 0.921 seconds hive> > drop table tabledoesnotexist; OK Time taken: 0.355 seconds Hive.log : 2018-08-01 09:36:07,575 ERROR [main]: metadata.Hive (Hive.java:getTable(1215)) - Table tabledoesnotexist not found: temp.tabledoesnotexist table not found ======== hive> show tables; OK Time taken: 2.096 seconds hive> drop table if exists tabledoesnotexist; OK Time taken: 0.145 seconds ======== hive> create table test(id int); OK Time taken: 1.258 seconds hive> drop table test; OK Time taken: 0.561 seconds In general, the database should return an Error if the table is not present. Eg : MySQL: mysql> drop table test; [Code: 1051, SQL State: 42S02] Unknown table 'test' was: When I do DROP TABLE ( for a table which really does not exist in the database) in hive .It really don't throw any warning/error and just show OK (the same message as the table is present and was dropped ). ========= hive> show tables; OK Time taken: 0.921 seconds hive> > drop table tabledoesnotexist; OK Time taken: 0.355 seconds ======== hive> show tables; OK Time taken: 2.096 seconds hive> drop table if exists tabledoesnotexist; OK Time taken: 0.145 seconds ======== hive> create table test(id int); OK Time taken: 1.258 seconds hive> drop table test; OK Time taken: 0.561 seconds In general, the database should return an Error if the table is not present. Eg : MySQL: mysql> drop table test; [Code: 1051, SQL State: 42S02] Unknown table 'test' > DROP TABLE throws any error/warning while an attempt is made to drop a table > which does not exist . > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-20288 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-20288 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 1.2.1, 2.1.1 > Reporter: vaibhav > Priority: Major > > When I do DROP TABLE ( for a table which really does not exist in the > database) in hive .It really don't throw any warning/error and just show OK > (the same message as the table is present and was dropped ). > ========= > hive> show tables; > OK > Time taken: 0.921 seconds > hive> > > drop table tabledoesnotexist; > OK > Time taken: 0.355 seconds > > > Hive.log : > 2018-08-01 09:36:07,575 ERROR [main]: metadata.Hive > (Hive.java:getTable(1215)) - Table tabledoesnotexist not found: > temp.tabledoesnotexist table not found > ======== > hive> show tables; > OK > Time taken: 2.096 seconds > hive> drop table if exists tabledoesnotexist; > OK > Time taken: 0.145 seconds > ======== > hive> create table test(id int); > OK > Time taken: 1.258 seconds > hive> drop table test; > OK > Time taken: 0.561 seconds > > > In general, the database should return an Error if the table is not present. > Eg : MySQL: > mysql> drop table test; > [Code: 1051, SQL State: 42S02] Unknown table 'test' > > > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)