[HIVE-9628] HiveMetaStoreClient.dropPartitions(...List<ObjectPair<Integer,byte[]>>...) doesn't take (boolean needResult)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.14.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: API, Metastore
• Assignee: Mithun Radhakrishnan
• Reporter: Mithun Radhakrishnan
• Created: 09/Feb/15 23:33
• Updated: 18/May/15 19:52
• Resolved: 21/Feb/15 06:40

Description

HiveMetaStoreClient::dropPartitions() assumes that the dropped List<Partition> must be returned to the caller. That's a lot of thrift traffic that the caller might choose not to pay for.

I propose an overload that retains the default behaviour, but allows needResult to be overridden.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: HIVE-9629 HCatClient.dropPartitions() needs speeding up.
• is depended upon by: HIVE-9588 Reimplement HCatClientHMSImpl.dropPartitions() with HMSC.dropPartitions()