[HIVE-12489] Analyze for partition fails if partition value has special characters

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0, 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Statistics
• Assignee: Thomas Friedrich
• Reporter: Thomas Friedrich
• Created: 20/Nov/15 21:52
• Updated: 16/Feb/16 23:52
• Resolved: 23/Nov/15 19:47

Description

When analyzing a partition that has a special characters in the value, the analyze command fails with an exception.
Example:
hive> create table testtable (a int) partitioned by (b string);
hive> insert into table testtable partition (b="p\"1") values (1);
hive> ANALYZE TABLE testtable PARTITION(b="p\"1") COMPUTE STATISTICS for columns a;