[IMPALA-507] Creating a VIEW that does not reference a table fails with "IllegalStateException: Cannot call toThrift() on a view."

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 1.1
• Fix Version/s: Impala 1.1.1
• Assignee: Alexander Behm
• Reporter: Lenni Kuff
• Created: 01/Aug/13 18:22
• Updated: 20/Dec/15 00:05
• Resolved: 06/Aug/13 17:56

Description

Creating a VIEW that does not reference a table fails with "IllegalStateException: Cannot call toThrift() on a view."

Repro:

[localhost:21000] > create view t as select 1;
Query: create view t as select 1
[localhost:21000] > select * from t;
Query: select * from t
ERROR: IllegalStateException: Cannot call toThrift() on a view.