[HIVE-2152] Hive throws an NPE if hive-default.xml.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7.0
• Component/s: Diagnosability
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joey Echeverria
• Created: 09/May/11 18:41
• Updated: 27/Feb/13 08:18
• Resolved: 27/Feb/13 08:18

Description

If you don't have hive-default.xml in your classpath, you get the following error when you try to show tables in the the hive shell:

hive> show tables;
FAILED: Error in metadata: java.lang.NullPointerException
FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask

It would be a lot more useful to print message indicating that hive-default.xml. This problem will become mute if HIVE-1530 gets accepted.

Issue Links

• is superceded by: HIVE-1530 Include hive-default.xml and hive-log4j.properties in hive-common JAR