[HIVE-1551] DROP VIEW should raise an error if the view does not exist

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: Query Processor
• Assignee: Marcel Kinard
• Reporter: Carl Steinbach
• Created: 17/Aug/10 18:54
• Updated: 04/Jun/11 07:47
• Resolved: 04/Jun/11 07:47

Description

See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/drop-view.html

This is related to HIVE-1542. As John noted in HIVE-1542 we will need to introduce a configuration property that allows users to disable this error.

Issue Links

• blocks: HIVE-1542 DROP TABLE <tablename> should raise an error when <tablename> does not exist
• is part of: HIVE-1856 Implement DROP TABLE/VIEW ... IF EXISTS