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  1. Hive
  2. HIVE-2193

drop partition with partial specification should remove the HDFS directory corresponding to the root of PS

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          • Type: Improvement
          • Status: Open
          • Priority: Major
          • Resolution: Unresolved
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            Description

            If a table have multiple partitions, say (ds, hr), currently the following command:

            alter table T drop partition(ds='1');

            won't delete the directory .../T/ds=1, although all subdirectories are deleted. This could result in a lot of dangling inodes in HDFS.

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                  • Assignee:
                    pauly Paul Yang
                    Reporter:
                    nzhang Ning Zhang
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