2013-04-26 14:34:41,603 ERROR exec.Task (SessionState.java:printError(388)) - FAILED: Error in metadata: Unable to fetch table srcpart org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: Unable to fetch table srcpart at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:957) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:891) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.createTableLike(DDLTask.java:3803) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:279) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:145) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:57) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1355) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1139) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:945) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:259) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:216) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:413) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:348) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.executeClient(QTestUtil.java:790) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver.runTest(TestCliDriver.java:124) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver.testCliDriver_stats60(TestCliDriver.java:108) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at junit.framework.TestCase.runTest(TestCase.java:154) at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:127) at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:106) at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:124) at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:109) at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:118) at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208) at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.run(JUnitTestRunner.java:422) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.launch(JUnitTestRunner.java:931) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.main(JUnitTestRunner.java:785) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.datanucleus.sco.simple.Set.(Set.java:68) at org.datanucleus.sco.backed.Set.(Set.java:94) at org.datanucleus.sco.backed.Map.entrySet(Map.java:418) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.SerDeInfo.(SerDeInfo.java:157) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.StorageDescriptor.(StorageDescriptor.java:256) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Table.(Table.java:260) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.deepCopy(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1177) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.getTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:854) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor15.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:74) at $Proxy7.getTable(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:949) ... 30 more 2013-04-26 14:34:41,603 DEBUG exec.DDLTask (DDLTask.java:execute(459)) - org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: Unable to fetch table srcpart at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:957) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:891) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.createTableLike(DDLTask.java:3803) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:279) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:145) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:57) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1355) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1139) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:945) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:259) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:216) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:413) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:348) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.executeClient(QTestUtil.java:790) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver.runTest(TestCliDriver.java:124) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver.testCliDriver_stats60(TestCliDriver.java:108) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at junit.framework.TestCase.runTest(TestCase.java:154) at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:127) at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:106) at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:124) at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:109) at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:118) at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208) at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.run(JUnitTestRunner.java:422) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.launch(JUnitTestRunner.java:931) at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.main(JUnitTestRunner.java:785) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.datanucleus.sco.simple.Set.(Set.java:68) at org.datanucleus.sco.backed.Set.(Set.java:94) at org.datanucleus.sco.backed.Map.entrySet(Map.java:418) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.SerDeInfo.(SerDeInfo.java:157) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.StorageDescriptor.(StorageDescriptor.java:256) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Table.(Table.java:260) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.deepCopy(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1177) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.getTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:854) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor15.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:74) at $Proxy7.getTable(Unknown Source) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.getTable(Hive.java:949) ... 30 more