[HIVE-6205] alter <table> partition column throws NPE in authorization

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: Authorization
• Assignee: Navis Ryu
• Reporter: Navis Ryu
• Created: 15/Jan/14 07:34
• Updated: 25/Jan/14 20:28
• Resolved: 25/Jan/14 20:28

Description

alter table alter_coltype partition column (dt int);

2014-01-15 15:53:40,364 ERROR ql.Driver (SessionState.java:printError(457)) - FAILED: NullPointerException null
java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.doAuthorization(Driver.java:599)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:479)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:340)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compileInternal(Driver.java:996)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1039)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:932)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:922)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:268)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:220)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:424)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.executeDriver(CliDriver.java:792)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:686)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:625)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:197)

Operation for TOK_ALTERTABLE_ALTERPARTS is not defined.

Issue Links

• is blocked by: HIVE-6229 Stats are missing sometimes (regression from HIVE-5936)
• links to: review board