deniskuzZ commented on code in PR #5715: URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/5715#discussion_r2075491083
########## iceberg/iceberg-handler/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/mr/hive/HiveIcebergMetaHook.java: ########## @@ -947,6 +951,23 @@ private void handleAddColumns(org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Table hmsTabl updateSchema.commit(); } + private void handleDropColumn(org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Table hmsTable) throws MetaException { + List<FieldSchema> hmsCols = hmsTable.getSd().getCols(); + List<FieldSchema> icebergCols = HiveSchemaUtil.convert(icebergTable.schema()); + + List<FieldSchema> removedCols = HiveSchemaUtil.getSchemaDiff(icebergCols, hmsCols, false).getMissingFromSecond(); + if (removedCols.isEmpty()) { + return; + } + + transaction = icebergTable.newTransaction(); + updateSchema = transaction.updateSchema(); Review Comment: why do you need to populate `updateSchema` var? Ideally, it should be completely removed together with `updatePartitionSpec` ```` transaction.updateSchema() .deleteColumn(removedCols.get(0).getName()); .commit(); ```` -- 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