[IMPALA-2890] Complete 'ALTER' DDL command support for Kudu

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Kudu_Impala
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.8.0
• Component/s: Catalog
• Labels: kudu
• Target Version: Impala 2.8.0
• Assignee: Dimitris Tsirogiannis
• Reporter: Jeff Hammerbacher
• Created: 26/Jan/16 21:56
• Updated: 14/Mar/18 23:19
• Resolved: 30/Nov/16 17:13

Description

Supported operations should include:

• add column
  • nullable columns may have null or non-null defaults
• drop column
• rename column
• rename table
• add/drop range partitions

Issue Links

• relates to: IMPALA-156 Support 'ALTER' DDL command