[HIVE-3282] Convert runtime exceptions to semantic exceptions for missing partitions/tables in show/describe statements

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Component/s: Query Processor
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Sambavi Muthukrishnan
• Reporter: Sambavi Muthukrishnan
• Due: 23/Jul/12
• Created: 19/Jul/12 23:07
• Updated: 06/Feb/13 09:23
• Resolved: 02/Aug/12 05:09

Description

The SHOW PARTITIONS command in Hive does not check for valid table and partition names during query compilation. Calling this command with non-existent table causes a run-time exception.

The DESC command also does not check for this in semantic analysis.

hive> desc xxxyyy;
OK
Table xxxyyy does not exist
Time taken: 1.403 seconds

hive> show partitions xxxyyy;
Table xxxyyy does not exist
FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-3991 junit failure on Semantic Analysis