[HIVE-2315] DatabaseMetadata.getColumns() does not return partition column names for a table

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: JDBC
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Patrick D. Hunt
• Reporter: Mythili Gopalakrishnan
• Created: 27/Jul/11 16:46
• Updated: 16/Dec/11 23:56
• Resolved: 18/Aug/11 21:39

Description

getColumns() method of DatabaseMetadata for HIVE JDBC Driver does not return the partition column names. Where as from HIVE CLI, if you do a 'describe tablename' you get all columns including the partition columns. It would be nice if getColumns() method returns all columns.

Issue Links

• duplicates: HIVE-1573 select * from partitioned table via JDBC does not return partition columns
• is duplicated by: HIVE-1573 select * from partitioned table via JDBC does not return partition columns
• relates to: HIVE-1573 select * from partitioned table via JDBC does not return partition columns