veghlaci05 commented on code in PR #3557: URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/3557#discussion_r971706620
########## standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveAlterHandler.java: ########## @@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ public void alterTable(RawStore msdb, Warehouse wh, String catName, String dbnam boolean renamedTranslatedToExternalTable = rename && MetaStoreUtils.isTranslatedToExternalTable(oldt) && MetaStoreUtils.isTranslatedToExternalTable(newt); + + List<ColumnStatistics> columnStatistics = getColumnStats(msdb, oldt); + columnStatistics = deleteTableColumnStats(msdb, oldt, newt, columnStatistics); Review Comment: deleteAllPartitionColumnStatistics is used only in one specific case: [HIVE-23959](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-23959): Provide an option to wipe out column stats for partitioned tables in case of column removal So I don't think we should call this method in all cases. However, it made me think that in this particular case the table column statistics should not be re-added at the end. What do you think? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: gitbox-unsubscr...@hive.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: gitbox-unsubscr...@hive.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: gitbox-h...@hive.apache.org