[HIVE-3679] Unescape partition names returned by show partitions

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0, 0.11.0
• Component/s: Configuration, Query Processor
• Labels: TODOC10 features

Release Note

Adds 'hive.decode.partition.name' option to config.
Decode the partition names when the option is set to true.

• Assignee: Wonho Kim
• Reporter: Wonho Kim
• Created: 06/Nov/12 23:38
• Updated: 05/Nov/17 05:02
• Resolved: 20/Nov/12 03:20

Description

The partition names returned by the SHOW PARTITIONS call in Hive contain escape sequences from the metastore.

ex) SHOW PARTITIONS XXX;
returns partition names like
...ts=2012-02-02+17%3A12%3A43...where %3A is ':'

Hive should unescape escape sequences like that before returning the partition names unless it is configured to return the URL encoded partition name.