I think the usage scenario for external tables generally indicates that
Hive does not try to manage it - and so it makes sense not to move tables
or change its names...
See external table:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+DDL#LanguageManualDDL-ExternalTables
See ren
An extension to below problem, I have noticed something else too in Hive
2.1.0.
If I create a *external* table with specific location and with partitions,
after renaming the partition, the underline folder names do not change.
for e.g -
insert into test_local_part partition (col2=1) values (1)
