[HIVE-3589] describe/show partition/show tblproperties command should accept database name

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.1
• Component/s: Metastore, Query Processor
• Tags: describe CLI
• Assignee: Navis Ryu
• Reporter: Sujesh Chirackkal
• Created: 17/Oct/12 03:18
• Updated: 02/Sep/14 04:49
• Resolved: 02/Sep/14 04:49

Description

describe command not giving the details when called as describe dbname.tablename.

Throwing the error "Table dbname not found".

Ex: hive -e "describe masterdb.table1" will throw error
"Table masterdb not found"

Issue Links

• duplicates: HIVE-4064 Handle db qualified names consistently across all HiveQL statements
• Is contained by: HIVE-4064 Handle db qualified names consistently across all HiveQL statements
• relates to: HIVE-1977 DESCRIBE TABLE syntax doesn't support specifying a database qualified table name
• relates to: HIVE-7678 add more test cases for tables qualified with database/schema name