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Eugene Koifman commented on HIVE-20137: --------------------------------------- this https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-19387?focusedCommentId=16539306&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-16539306 > Truncate for Transactional tables should use base_x > --------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-20137 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-20137 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Transactions > Affects Versions: 3.0.0 > Reporter: Eugene Koifman > Priority: Major > > This is a follow up to HIVE-19387. > Once we have a lock that blocks writers but not readers (HIVE-19369), it > would make sense to make truncate create a new base_x, where is x is a > writeId in current txn - the same as Insert Overwrite does. > This would mean it can work w/o interfering with existing writers. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)