[HIVE-18367] Describe Extended output is truncated on a table with an explicit row format containing tabs or newlines.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Assignee: Andrew Sherman
• Reporter: Andrew Sherman
• Created: 03/Jan/18 22:09
• Updated: 22/May/18 23:13
• Resolved: 22/Jan/18 10:04

Description

'Describe Extended' dumps information about a table. The protocol for sending this data relies on tabs and newlines to separate pieces of data. If a table has 'FIELDS terminated by XXX' or 'LINES terminated by XXX' where XXX is a tab or newline then the output seen by the user is prematurely truncated. Fix this by replacing tabs and newlines in the table description with “\n” and “\t”.