[IMPALA-6440] Impala cannot read / write HBase tables when metadata is created with newer versions of Hive

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.11.0
• Component/s: Frontend
• Epic Color: ghx-label-8
• Assignee: Adrian Ng
• Reporter: Zach Amsden
• Created: 24/Jan/18 22:23
• Updated: 21/Dec/20 17:42
• Resolved: 21/Dec/20 17:42

Description

Due to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-18366 the way we fetch table properties needs to be changed.  Ideally this should be backwards compatible to allow both newer and older versions of Hive to be used.