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Janaki Lahorani updated HIVE-17832: ----------------------------------- Summary: Allow hive.metastore.disallow.incompatible.col.type.changes to be changed in metastore (was: Allow hive.metastore.disallow.incompatible.col.type.changes to be changed within a session) > Allow hive.metastore.disallow.incompatible.col.type.changes to be changed in > metastore > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-17832 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17832 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.1.1 > Reporter: Janaki Lahorani > Assignee: Janaki Lahorani > Fix For: 3.0.0 > > Attachments: HIVE17832.1.patch > > > hive.metastore.disallow.incompatible.col.type.changes when set to true, will > disallow incompatible column type changes through alter table. But, this > parameter is set system wide, and changing it requires restart of HMS. The > default value of this parameter is true. User can set the parameter to false > and change the column type through alter if this can be modified within a > session. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)