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Namit Jain commented on HIVE-667: --------------------------------- I think there are issues in keeping the info (size etc.) in metastore - the same info is in 2 places What happens if someone updates the underlying hadoop file - I vaguely remember having a discussion with Prasad about the same > Provide hive ql to check table/partition status, including size, creation and > access timestamp > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-667 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-667 > Project: Hadoop Hive > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Query Processor > Reporter: Hao Liu > Assignee: He Yongqiang > Attachments: hive-667-2009-07-24.patch, hive-667-2009-07-25-3.patch, > hive-667-2009-07-25.patch, indented.txt, localtest-2009-07-24.txt > > > Those information will be helpful both for data management tasks, and users > who send adhoc queries against big data set in the cluster. . -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.