[HIVE-997] "describe function x" should list synonyms of x

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.5.0
• Component/s: Query Processor
• Tags: describe function UDF
• Assignee: Carl Steinbach
• Reporter: Carl Steinbach
• Created: 18/Dec/09 01:40
• Updated: 17/Dec/11 00:05
• Resolved: 07/Jan/10 21:54

Description

"describe function x" should list any synonyms for x, e.g.

hive> describe function upper;
describe function upper;
OK
upper(str) - Returns str with all characters changed to uppercase
Synonym(s): ucase