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Hudson commented on HIVE-2338: ------------------------------ Integrated in Hive-trunk-h0.21 #910 (See [https://builds.apache.org/job/Hive-trunk-h0.21/910/]) HIVE-2338. Alter table always throws an unhelpful error on failure (Sohan Jain via cws) cws : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1160551 Files : * /hive/trunk/metastore/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveAlterHandler.java > Alter table always throws an unhelpful error on failure > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-2338 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2338 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Diagnosability, Metastore > Reporter: Sohan Jain > Assignee: Sohan Jain > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > Attachments: HIVE-2338.1.patch, HIVE-2338.2.patch > > > Every failure in an alter table function always return a MetaException. When > altering tables and catching exceptions, we throw a MetaException in the > "finally" part of a try-catch-finally block, which overrides any other > exceptions thrown. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira