[HIVE-4191] describe table output always prints as if formatted keyword is specified

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0
• Component/s: CLI, HiveServer2
• Assignee: Thejas Nair
• Reporter: Thejas Nair
• Created: 15/Mar/13 22:29
• Updated: 16/May/13 21:10
• Resolved: 16/Apr/13 18:47

Description

With the change in HIVE-3140, describe table output prints like the format expected from "describe formatted table". ie, the headers are included and there is padding with space for the fields.
This is a non backward compatible change, we should discuss if this change in the formatting of output should remain.
This has impact on hiveserver2, it has been relying on the old format, and with this change it prints additional headers and fields with space padding.

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-3140 Comment indenting is broken for "describe" in CLI
• is related to: HIVE-4188 TestJdbcDriver2.testDescribeTable failing consistently
• relates to: HIVE-4545 HS2 should return describe table results without space padding