[HIVE-16946] Information Schema Improvements

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Gunther Hagleitner
• Reporter: Gunther Hagleitner
• Created: 22/Jun/17 17:54
• Updated: 10/Apr/18 23:00

Description

Collection of requested enhancements and fixes for the info schema.

Issue Links

• is blocked by: HIVE-16941 INFORMATION_SCHEMA is too hard to set up and use
• is blocked by: HIVE-16944 schematool -dbType hive should give some more feedback/assistance
• is blocked by: HIVE-16937 INFORMATION_SCHEMA usability: everything is currently a string
• is blocked by: HIVE-16938 INFORMATION_SCHEMA usability: difficult to access # of table records
• is blocked by: HIVE-16942 INFORMATION_SCHEMA: schematool for setting it up is not idempotent
• is blocked by: HIVE-19161 Add authorizations to information schema
• relates to: HIVE-1010 Implement INFORMATION_SCHEMA in Hive