[IMPALA-11798] CREATE Iceberg table with external.table.purge=false is ignored

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Resolved
• Fix Version/s: Impala 4.3.0
• Component/s: Catalog
• Labels: impala-iceberg
• Epic Color: ghx-label-4
• Assignee: Li Penglin
• Reporter: Zoltán Borók-Nagy
• Created: 14/Dec/22 08:50
• Updated: 09/Feb/23 10:57
• Resolved: 09/Feb/23 10:57

Description

Repro:

CREATE TABLE ice_imp (i int)
STORED BY ICEBERG
TBLPROPERTIES ('external.table.purge' = 'false');

Then if we look at the table properties via DESCRIBE FORMATTED ice_imp; we can see that the value for external.table.purge is actually TRUE

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-26959 CREATE TABLE with external.table.purge=false is ignored