[HIVE-2826] ALTER VIEW ADD (IF NOT EXISTS) PARTITION syntax is bad.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adam Kramer
• Created: 27/Feb/12 06:18
• Updated: 10/Apr/12 08:04

Description

The syntax, ALTER TABLE x ADD IF NOT EXISTS PARTITION, puts the "IF NOT EXISTS" before the subject of the statement. Not only is this weird grammar, but it is also inconsistent with other uses of "IF NOT EXISTS", for example, "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS" and "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS".

It would be a minor improvement to align the syntaxes.