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Anirudh commented on HIVE-20057:
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Fix: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/388
> For ALTER TABLE t SET TBLPROPERTIES ('EXTERNAL'='TRUE'); `TBL_TYPE` attribute
> change not reflecting for non-CAPS
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> Key: HIVE-20057
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-20057
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Standalone Metastore
> Affects Versions: All Versions
> Reporter: Anirudh
> Assignee: Anirudh
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: pull-request-available
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> Hive EXTERNAL table shown as MANAGED after conversion using
>
> ALTER TABLE t SET TBLPROPERTIES ('EXTERNAL'='True')
>
> The DESCRIBE FORMATTED shows:
> Table Type: MANAGED_TABLE
> Table Parameters:
> EXTERNAL True
>
> This is actually a External table but shown wrongly as 'True' was used in
> place of 'TRUE' in the ALTER statement.
> Issue explained here:
> [StakOverflow - Hive Table is MANAGED or
> EXTERNAL|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51103317/hive-table-is-managed-or-external/51142873#51142873]
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