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  1. IMPALA
  2. IMPALA-4364

REFRESH does not pick up ALTER TABLE...PARTITION...SET LOCATION changes

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Impala 2.6.0
    • Impala 4.0.0
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      AFAIK the REFRESH command should pick up all changes to a table made by ALTER TABLE from outside of Impala (e.g. Spark SQL), however REFRESH does not pick up changes from ALTER TABLE...PARTITION...SET LOCATION, which seems to require an INVALIDATE METADATA instead.

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          is duplicated by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. IMPALA-3796 Alter table recover partitions fails to detect changes in parent path

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Resolved
          relates to

          Documentation - Documentation or Website IMPALA-10091 Document REFRESH_UPDATED_HMS_PARTITIONS query option

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Open

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              vihangk1 Vihang Karajgaonkar
              jbeard Jacob Evan Beard
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