Github user vdiravka commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/1111#discussion_r166282137
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contrib/storage-hive/core/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/store/hive/HiveMetadataProvider.java
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@@ -264,6 +265,10 @@ private HiveStats
getStatsEstimateFromInputSplits(final List<LogicalInputSplit>
final List<LogicalInputSplit> splits = Lists.newArrayList();
final JobConf job = new JobConf(hiveConf);
HiveUtilities.addConfToJob(job, properties);
+ if (AcidUtils.isTablePropertyTransactional(properties)) {
+ AcidUtils.setTransactionalTableScan(job, true);
+ HiveUtilities.setColumnTypes(job, properties, true, sd);
+ }
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It makes sense. Moreover since schema_evolution is required for acid tables
[HIVE-12799](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-12799) I've combined it
with setColumnTypes() helper method.
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