[HIVE-14123] Add beeline configuration option to show database in the prompt

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: Beeline, CLI
• Release Note: New BeeLine Command option --showDbInPrompt to display the current database name in prompt
• Assignee: Peter Vary
• Reporter: Peter Vary
• Created: 29/Jun/16 11:14
• Updated: 21/Jul/17 17:55
• Resolved: 26/Jul/16 14:55

Description

There are several jira issues complaining that, the Beeline does not respect hive.cli.print.current.db.

This is partially true, since in embedded mode, it uses the hive.cli.print.current.db to change the prompt, since HIVE-10511.

In beeline mode, I think this function should use a beeline command line option instead, like for the showHeader option emphasizing, that this is a client side option.

Issue Links

• is blocked by: HIVE-14138 CBO failed for select current_database()
• is related to: HIVE-10738 Beeline does not respect hive.cli.print.current.db
• is related to: HIVE-13899 Beeline CLI is not showing the db name even after setting the property 'set hive.cli.print.current.db=true'
• links to: Review