Index: ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/ExecDriver.java =================================================================== --- ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/ExecDriver.java (revision 827767) +++ ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/ExecDriver.java (working copy) @@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ String uri = elems.next(); try { System.err.println("killing job with: " + uri); - int retCode = ((java.net.HttpURLConnection) new java.net.URL(uri) - .openConnection()).getResponseCode(); + java.net.HttpURLConnection conn = (java.net.HttpURLConnection) + new java.net.URL(uri).openConnection(); + conn.setRequestMethod("POST"); + int retCode = conn.getResponseCode(); if (retCode != 200) { System.err.println("Got an error trying to kill job with URI: " + uri + " = " + retCode);