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Zheng Shao updated HIVE-398:
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Issue Type: Improvement (was: Bug)
> column comments not supported in ADD COLUMNS and REPLACE COLUMNS statements
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> Key: HIVE-398
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-398
> Project: Hadoop Hive
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Query Processor
> Affects Versions: 0.2.0, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.4.0
> Reporter: Raghotham Murthy
> Priority: Minor
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> The error message is also broken.
> hive> create table tmp_rs(a int);
> OK
> Time taken: 0.057 seconds
> hive> *alter table tmp_rs add columns (b int);* <----- succeeds
>
> OK
> Time taken: 0.126 seconds
> hive> *alter table tmp_rs add columns (c int 'test');* <------ fails
> FAILED: Parse Error: line 2:19 mismatched input 'add' expecting SET in alter
> serdes statement
> Time taken: 0.0090 seconds
> hive> *alter table tmp_rs replace columns (c int);* <----- succeeds
> OK
> Time taken: 0.096 seconds
> hive> *alter table tmp_rs replace columns (c int 'test');* <----- fails
> FAILED: Parse Error: line 2:19 mismatched input 'replace' expecting SET in
> alter serdes statement
> Time taken: 0.01 seconds
> hive>
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