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Alan Gates commented on HIVE-20057:
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Patch also committed to branch-3.
> 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
> Fix For: 3.1.0
>
> Attachments: hive20057.patch
>
> Time Spent: 3h 50m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> Hive EXTERNAL table shown as MANAGED after conversion using
> {code} ALTER TABLE t SET TBLPROPERTIES ('EXTERNAL'='True')
> {code}
>
> The DESCRIBE FORMATTED shows:
> {code}
> Table Type: MANAGED_TABLE
> Table Parameters:
> EXTERNAL True
> {code}
>
> This is actually a External table but is 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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