Index: hcatalog/webhcat/java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/api/HCatTable.java =================================================================== --- hcatalog/webhcat/java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/api/HCatTable.java (revision 1620802) +++ hcatalog/webhcat/java-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/api/HCatTable.java (working copy) @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ newTable.setTableType(TableType.MANAGED_TABLE.toString()); } - if (this.comment != null) { + if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(this.comment)) { newTable.putToParameters("comment", comment); }