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Swaranga Sarma updated HIVE-17531: ---------------------------------- Summary: Alter Table does not work for nested columns (was: Alter Table does not work) > Alter Table does not work for nested columns > -------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-17531 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17531 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Metastore > Affects Versions: 2.1.1 > Environment: AWS EMR > Reporter: Swaranga Sarma > > I have a table defined as: > > marketplaceid string > requestid string > purchaseid string > customerid string > sessionid string > datestamp bigint > deliverygroups > array<struct<lineitems:array<struct<ourpriceamount:double,ourpricecurrencycode:string,quantity:int,upsellpromisequality:string,asin:string,merchant_id:bigint,validitemshipoptions:array<string>,upsellpromisedeliverydate:string>>,selectedssp:string,shipoptions:array<struct<isdefault:boolean,price:string,shipoptionname:string,upsellpromisequality:string,fasttrackpromisedeliverydate:bigint>>,deliveryprogram:string,validssp:string,deliverygroupid:string,preferredssp:string,addressid:string,selecteddeliveryoption:string>> > > year string > month string > day string > hour string > I am trying to add a new field to the deliveryGroups[*].shipOptions structure > called qualifyingNoRushPromotionId of type string. I am using the below > command to apply the change: > ALTER TABLE my_table CHANGE COLUMN deliverygroups deliverygroups > array<struct<lineitems:array<struct<ourpriceamount:double,ourpricecurrencycode:string,quantity:int,upsellpromisequality:string,asin:string,merchant_id:bigint,validitemshipoptions:array<string>,upsellpromisedeliverydate:string>>,selectedssp:string,shipoptions:array<struct<isdefault:boolean,price:string,shipoptionname:string,upsellpromisequality:string,fasttrackpromisedeliverydate:bigint,qualifyingNoRushPromotionId:string>>,deliveryprogram:string,validssp:string,deliverygroupid:string,preferredssp:string,addressid:string,selecteddeliveryoption:string>>; > However I get the following error when I run this commend: > FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. Unable to alter table. The following > columns have types incompatible with the existing columns in their respective > positions : > deliverygroups > What could be the issue. Please assist. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)