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Xiaobing Zhou commented on HIVE-8169:
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Steps to reproduce the issue:
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drop table if exists hcat_altertable_16;
create table hcat_altertable_16(a int, b string) stored as textfile;
show table extended like  hcat_altertable_16;
alter table hcat_altertable_16 set location 'hdfs:///tmp/table_has_moved/';
show table extended like  hcat_altertable_16;
{noformat}

Stack trace:
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org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException: 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzer.postAnalyze(HCatSemanticAnalyzer.java:264)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:406)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:299)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compileInternal(Driver.java:993)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1063)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:930)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:920)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatDriver.run(HCatDriver.java:43)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatCli.processCmd(HCatCli.java:291)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatCli.processLine(HCatCli.java:245)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatCli.processFile(HCatCli.java:264)
        at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.HCatCli.main(HCatCli.java:188)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:221)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:136)
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.SemanticException: 
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.authorizeDDL(HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.java:114)
        at 
org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzer.postAnalyze(HCatSemanticAnalyzer.java:259)
        ... 17 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.authorization.StorageBasedAuthorizationProvider.authorize(StorageBasedAuthorizationProvider.java:178)
        at 
org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.authorize(HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.java:161)
        at 
org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzer.authorizeDDLWork(HCatSemanticAnalyzer.java:381)
        at 
org.apache.hive.hcatalog.cli.SemanticAnalysis.HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.authorizeDDL(HCatSemanticAnalyzerBase.java:105)
        ... 18 more
{noformat}

> Windows: alter table ..set location from hcatalog failed with 
> NullPointerException
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-8169
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-8169
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: HCatalog
>    Affects Versions: 0.14.0
>            Reporter: Xiaobing Zhou
>            Assignee: Xiaobing Zhou
>




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