[HIVE-11237] Unable to drop a default partition with "int" type

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Query Processor
• Assignee: Aihua Xu
• Reporter: Aihua Xu
• Created: 13/Jul/15 16:30
• Updated: 13/Jul/15 17:10
• Resolved: 13/Jul/15 17:10

Description

CREATE TABLE test (col1 string) PARTITIONED BY (p1 int) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\001' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE test PARTITION (p1) SELECT code, IF(salary > 60000, 100, null) as p1 FROM default.sample_07;
hive> SHOW PARTITIONS test;
OK
p1=100
p1=__HIVE_DEFAULT_PARTITION__
Time taken: 0.124 seconds, Fetched: 2 row(s)

hive> ALTER TABLE test DROP partition (p1 = '__HIVE_DEFAULT_PARTITION__');
FAILED: SemanticException Unexpected unknown partitions for (p1 = null)

The default partition name '_HIVE_DEFAULT_PARTITION_' cannot be deleted.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: HIVE-11208 Can not drop a default partition __HIVE_DEFAULT_PARTITION__ which is not a "string" type