[IMPALA-3956] Impala shell variable substitution should ignore comments embedded in query.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.6.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 3.1.0
• Component/s: Clients, Docs
• Labels: regression usability
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Assignee: Alexandra Rodoni
• Reporter: Huaisi Xu
• Created: 05/Aug/16 21:49
• Updated: 23/Mar/19 23:38
• Resolved: 09/Jul/18 16:32

Description

-- WHERE a >= "${start_date}"
select
*
from --fda;
test
-- WHEREa >= "${start_date}"

Starting Impala Shell without Kerberos authentication
Connected to localhost:21000
Server version: impalad version 2.7.0-cdh5-INTERNAL DEBUG (build ebd65a142d3f3f4087eb1c9aaf25d53d2045a4cb)
Error: Unknown substitution syntax (START_DATE). Use ${VAR:var_name}.
Could not execute command: -- WHERE a >= "${start_date}"
select
*
from --fda;
test
-- WHERE a >= "${start_date}"