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Zoltan Haindrich updated HIVE-17540: ------------------------------------ Description: I've bumped into "describe pretty" feature...which was probably a usefull thing when it was introduced....but I haven't seen it documented anywhere ... google [results|https://www.google.hu/search?num=50&q=%22describe+pretty%22+hive&oq=%22describe+pretty%22+hive&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39k1.4651.6121.0.6290.3.3.0.0.0.0.96.271.3.3.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.3.270....0.NzSfMzfEfs8] are only about the implementation of the feature. there are qtest about it: https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/88ca553c451d8d23778a912ec26b262eda402c68/ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/describe_pretty.q#L35 https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/88ca553c451d8d23778a912ec26b262eda402c68/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/describe_pretty.q.out#L43 this feature makes it possible to render column comments more nicely... I think beeline is already able to address formatting issues like this at a much wider scale; so it might be ok to remove the 'describe pretty' support...or at least I think it would be better to put efforts into displaying things on beeline more nicely was: I've bumped into "describe pretty" feature...which was probably a usefull thing when it was introduced....but I haven't seen it documented anywhere ... first 5 google results were didn't seem related. there are qtest about it: https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/master/ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/describe_pretty.q https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/master/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/describe_pretty.q.out this feature makes it possible to render column comments more nicely... I think beeline is already able to address formatting issues like this at a much wider scale; so it might be ok to remove the 'describe pretty' support... > remove feature: describe pretty > ------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-17540 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17540 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Wish > Reporter: Zoltan Haindrich > > I've bumped into "describe pretty" feature...which was probably a usefull > thing when it was introduced....but I haven't seen it documented anywhere ... > google > [results|https://www.google.hu/search?num=50&q=%22describe+pretty%22+hive&oq=%22describe+pretty%22+hive&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39k1.4651.6121.0.6290.3.3.0.0.0.0.96.271.3.3.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.3.270....0.NzSfMzfEfs8] > are only about the implementation of the feature. > there are qtest about it: > https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/88ca553c451d8d23778a912ec26b262eda402c68/ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/describe_pretty.q#L35 > https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/88ca553c451d8d23778a912ec26b262eda402c68/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/describe_pretty.q.out#L43 > this feature makes it possible to render column comments more nicely... > I think beeline is already able to address formatting issues like this at a > much wider scale; so it might be ok to remove the 'describe pretty' > support...or at least I think it would be better to put efforts into > displaying things on beeline more nicely -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)