caofangkun created HIVE-4735:
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Summary: table's lifecycle should be controlled in Hive
Key: HIVE-4735
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4735
Project: Hive
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: caofangkun
Priority: Minor
Example as:
-- create table src，and set it's lifecycle as 100 days
-- alter 100 days the table will be dropped automatically
CREATE TABLE src (key string) LIFECYCLE 100d;
-- alter table src and reset it's lifecycle as 50 day
ALTER TABLE src SET LIFECYCLE 50d;
-- alter specific table partition's lifecycle
ALTER TABLE srcpart PARTITION (dt='20130614',hr='10') SET LIFECYCLE 50d;
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