Github user ankitsinghal commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/313#discussion_r205595041
--- Diff:
phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/schema/MetaDataClient.java ---
@@ -3034,6 +3088,11 @@ MutationState dropTable(String schemaName, String
tableName, String parentTableN
return new MutationState(0, 0, connection);
} finally {
connection.setAutoCommit(wasAutoCommit);
+ // acquire a mutex on the table to prevent creating views
while concurrently
+ // dropping the base table
+ if (tableType == PTableType.TABLE) {
+ deleteCell(null, schemaName, tableName, null);
+ }
--- End diff --
nit: Please update the comment here that you are releasing a mutex.
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