Github user robertamarton commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-trafodion/pull/74#discussion_r38961379
--- Diff: core/sql/optimizer/RelExeUtil.cpp ---
@@ -3814,23 +3814,21 @@ RelExpr * DDLExpr::bindNode(BindWA *bindWA)
qualObjName_ = dropTableNode->getTableNameAsQualifiedName();
- // Hive tables can only be specified as external and must be created
- // with the FOR clause
- if (qualObjName_.isHive())
- {
- if (dropTableNode->isExternal())
+ // Drops of Hive and HBase external tables are allowed
+ if (qualObjName_.isHive() || (qualObjName_.isHbase()))
{
- isHbase_ = TRUE;
- externalTable = TRUE;
- }
- else
- {
- *CmpCommon::diags() << DgSqlCode(-4222) << DgString0("DDL");
- bindWA->setErrStatus();
- return NULL;
+ if (dropTableNode->isExternal())
+ {
+ isHbase_ = TRUE;
--- End diff --
isExternal is set when the "external" keyword is used in the drop table
syntax. It is set for both hbase and hive tables.
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