[HIVE-14013] Describe table doesn't show unicode properly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: Query Planning
• Assignee: Aihua Xu
• Reporter: Aihua Xu
• Created: 14/Jun/16 19:06
• Updated: 08/Aug/17 21:07
• Resolved: 28/Jun/16 17:25

Description

Describe table output will show comments incorrectly rather than the unicode itself.

hive> desc formatted t1;

# Detailed Table Information             
Table Type:             MANAGED_TABLE            
Table Parameters:                
        COLUMN_STATS_ACCURATE   {\"BASIC_STATS\":\"true\"}
        comment                 \u8868\u4E2D\u6587\u6D4B\u8BD5
        numFiles                0                   

Issue Links

• Dependent: HIVE-14146 Column comments with "\n" character "corrupts" table metadata
• is duplicated by: HIVE-11837 comments do not support unicode characters well.