zabetak commented on code in PR #5781: URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/5781#discussion_r2074889922
########## ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/Context.java: ########## @@ -361,8 +361,16 @@ private DestClausePrefix getMergeDestClausePrefix(ASTNode curNode) { assert insert != null && insert.getType() == HiveParser.TOK_INSERT; ASTNode query = (ASTNode) insert.getParent(); assert query != null && query.getType() == HiveParser.TOK_QUERY; - - int tokFromIdx = query.getFirstChildWithType(HiveParser.TOK_FROM).getChildIndex(); + ASTNode from = (ASTNode) query.getFirstChildWithType(HiveParser.TOK_FROM); + + if (from == null) { + // We are here when TOK_FROM is missing from the AST. + // This can happen for merge queries with a predicate like `<joining_column> is null` + // in the matched clause. + return DestClausePrefix.MERGE; + } Review Comment: I saw that this part was lastly touched by HIVE-27794. I am wondering if there is a problem in the rewrite logic in some of the classes touched by that change. @kasakrisz @deniskuzZ It seems that you have made changes in this part of the code so giving a heads-up in case you have some thoughts around this solution. -- 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