[HIVE-10910] Alter table drop partition queries in encrypted zone failing to remove data from HDFS

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.1
• Component/s: Hive
• Assignee: Eugene Koifman
• Reporter: Aswathy Chellammal Sreekumar
• Created: 03/Jun/15 20:54
• Updated: 09/Jun/15 21:05
• Resolved: 08/Jun/15 22:00

Description

Alter table query trying to drop partition removes metadata of partition but fails to remove the data from HDFS

hive> create table table_1(name string, age int, gpa double) partitioned by (b string) stored as textfile;
OK
Time taken: 0.732 seconds
hive> alter table table_1 add partition (b='2010-10-10');
OK
Time taken: 0.496 seconds
hive> show partitions table_1;
OK
b=2010-10-10
Time taken: 0.781 seconds, Fetched: 1 row(s)
hive> alter table table_1 drop partition (b='2010-10-10');
FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. Got exception: java.io.IOException Failed to move to trash: hdfs://<ip-address>:8020/<warehouse-dir>/table_1/b=2010-10-10
hive> show partitions table_1;
OK
Time taken: 0.622 seconds

Issue Links

• is blocked by: HIVE-10934 Restore support for DROP PARTITION PURGE
• mentioned in: Wiki Page Loading...