[IMPALA-5372] Document new ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMNS options for Kudu tables

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.9.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.9.0
• Component/s: Docs
• Epic Color: ghx-label-4
• Assignee: John Russell
• Reporter: John Russell
• Created: 25/May/17 21:15
• Updated: 08/Jun/17 18:40
• Resolved: 08/Jun/17 18:40

Description

New functionality from: IMPALA-4616

Gerrit: https://gerrit.cloudera.org/#/c/7041/

Affects ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMNS.

• Nullable column can have a default value.
• Encoding, compression, and block size can now be specified for new columns.