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Dan Burkert edited comment on HIVE-17008 at 7/6/17 6:46 PM: ------------------------------------------------------------ Canceling patch, since it's clear that it is intended behavior to notify listeners on failed DDL ops. was (Author: danburkert): Canceling patch, since it's clear that it _is_ intended behavior to notify listeners on failed DDL ops. > HiveMetastore.drop_database can return NPE if database does not exist > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-17008 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17008 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Metastore > Reporter: Dan Burkert > Assignee: Dan Burkert > Attachments: HIVE-17008.0.patch > > > When dropping a non-existent database, the HMS will still fire registered > {{DROP_DATABASE}} event listeners. This results in an NPE when the listeners > attempt to deref the {{null}} database parameter. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)