[SPARK-18941] "Drop Table" command doesn't delete the directory of the managed Hive table when users specifying locations

• Type: Documentation
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Resolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3, 2.1.1, 2.2.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: Dongjoon Hyun
• Reporter: luat
• Created: 20/Dec/16 09:59
• Updated: 08/Jan/17 02:57
• Resolved: 08/Jan/17 02:57

Description

Spark thrift server, Spark 2.0.2, The "drop table" command doesn't delete the directory associated with the Hive table (not EXTERNAL table) from the HDFS file system.

Issue Links

• relates to: SPARK-15276 CREATE TABLE with LOCATION should imply EXTERNAL
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16400 (dongjoon-hyun)