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Jianguo Tian commented on HIVE-21166:
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You can query DESC column like this:
{code:java}
// select `DESC` from DBS limit 10;
{code}
> Keyword as column name in DBS table of Hive metastore
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> Key: HIVE-21166
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-21166
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Metastore
> Reporter: Vamsi UCSS
> Priority: Blocker
>
> The table "DBS" in hive schema (metastore) has a column called "DESC" which
> is a Hive keyword. This is causing any queries on this table to result in a
> syntax error.
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