[HIVE-26049] Inconsistent TBL_NAME lengths in HMS schema

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: Database/Schema
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Janos Kovacs
• Reporter: Janos Kovacs
• Created: 18/Mar/22 15:36
• Updated: 17/Nov/22 08:48
• Resolved: 21/Mar/22 14:55

Description

The transaction specific tables have TBL_NAME length set to 128 while the TBLS itself allows 256. When a table is created with such a long name hive fails e.g. to lock the table.

TBL_NAME needs to be consistent across the whole schema.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3119