[HIVE-19337] Partition whitelist regex doesn't work (and never did)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.3
• Component/s: Metastore
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alex Kolbasov
• Created: 26/Apr/18 22:15
• Updated: 11/Oct/18 08:51

Description

ObjectStore.setConf() has the following code:

String partitionValidationRegex =
 hiveConf.get(HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTORE_PARTITION_NAME_WHITELIST_PATTERN.name());

 Note that it uses name() method which returns enum name (METASTORE_PARTITION_NAME_WHITELIST_PATTERN) rather then .varname

As a result the regex will always be null.

The code was introduced as part of

HIVE-7223 Support generic PartitionSpecs in Metastore partition-functions

So looks like this was broken since the original code drop. This is fixed in Hive3 - probably when alangates reworked access to configuration (HIVE-17733) so it isn't a bug in Hive-3.

stakiar_impala_496e FYI.

Issue Links

• relates to: HIVE-7223 Support generic PartitionSpecs in Metastore partition-functions