[HIVE-398] column comments not supported in ADD COLUMNS and REPLACE COLUMNS statements

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 0.6.0
• Component/s: Query Processor
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Raghotham Murthy
• Created: 08/Apr/09 17:56
• Updated: 29/Oct/10 22:59

Description

The error message is also broken.

hive> create table tmp_rs(a int);
OK
Time taken: 0.057 seconds
hive> alter table tmp_rs add columns (b int); <----- succeeds
OK
Time taken: 0.126 seconds
hive> alter table tmp_rs add columns (c int 'test'); <------ fails
FAILED: Parse Error: line 2:19 mismatched input 'add' expecting SET in alter serdes statement

Time taken: 0.0090 seconds
hive> alter table tmp_rs replace columns (c int); <----- succeeds
OK
Time taken: 0.096 seconds
hive> alter table tmp_rs replace columns (c int 'test'); <----- fails
FAILED: Parse Error: line 2:19 mismatched input 'replace' expecting SET in alter serdes statement

Time taken: 0.01 seconds
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