[ 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-23726?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel
 ]

Istvan Fajth updated HIVE-23726:
--------------------------------
    Description: 
- Given:
 metastore.warehouse.tenant.colocation is set to true
 a test database was created as {{create database test location '/data'}}
 - When:
 I try to create a table as {{create table t1 (a int) location '/data/t1'}}
 - Then:
The create table fails with the following exception:
{code}
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: 
MetaException(message:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a Path 
from a null string)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1138)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1143)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.createTableNonReplaceMode(CreateTableOperation.java:148)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.execute(CreateTableOperation.java:98)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:80)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:213)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:105) 
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTask(Executor.java:359)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTasks(Executor.java:330)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.runTasks(Executor.java:246)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.execute(Executor.java:109)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:721)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:488)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:482)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:166)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:225)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$700(SQLOperation.java:87)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork$1.run(SQLOperation.java:322)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1876)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork.run(SQLOperation.java:340)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException: 
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a Path from a null string
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63325)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63293)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63219)
        at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:86)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1780)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1767)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3518)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:145)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1052)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1037)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:212)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient$SynchronizedHandler.invoke(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3411)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1127)
        ... 28 more
{code}

Addtional info:
- The exception does not occur if I don't specify the location in the create 
table statement
- The exception does not occur if I specify the managedlocation as well in the 
create database statement.
- If I do not specify any location for the database then I can not point the 
external table to an arbitrary directory and can not use external files to load 
data into a managed database via Hive easily this is especially a problem if I 
have an external data source on something else then HDFS, and want to pull the 
data into Hive.
The exception thrown when I try to create the external table specifying an 
arbitrary location in a database created as {{create database test2}}:
{code}
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: MetaException(message:An 
external table's location should not be located outside the location specified 
on its database, table:t1,location:/data_temp/test2/t1,Database location for 
external tables:/warehouse/tablespace/external/hive/test2.db)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1138)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1143)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.createTableNonReplaceMode(CreateTableOperation.java:148)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.execute(CreateTableOperation.java:98)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:80)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:213)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:105) 
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTask(Executor.java:359)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTasks(Executor.java:330)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.runTasks(Executor.java:246)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.execute(Executor.java:109)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:721)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:488)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:482)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:166)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:225)
 
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$700(SQLOperation.java:87)
 
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork$1.run(SQLOperation.java:322)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1876)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork.run(SQLOperation.java:340)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException: An external 
table's location should not be located outside the location specified on its 
database, table:t1,location:/data_temp/test2/t1,Database location for external 
tables:/warehouse/tablespace/external/hive/test2.db
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63325)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63293)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63219)
        at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:86)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1780)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1767)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3518)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:145)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1052)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1037)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:212)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient$SynchronizedHandler.invoke(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3411)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1127)
{code}
- The describe database shows the following output for the test database:
{code}
+----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| db_name  | comment  |                     location                     | 
managedlocation  | owner_name  | owner_type  | parameters  |
+----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| test     |          | hdfs://vb0206.halxg.cloudera.com:8020/data_temp  |      
            | hive        | USER        |             |
+----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
{code}
Notice that managed location for the database is empty.
- The code where the exception occurs is [the following 
line|https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/7cdf362f9f1a53025b371a8d5122336ded71d692/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDefaultTransformer.java#L802]:
{code}
dbLocation = Path.getPathWithoutSchemeAndAuthority(new 
Path(db.getManagedLocationUri()));
{code}
it seems that the db.getManagedLocationUri() gives back a null reference for 
the test table. Metastore debug log does not contain the managed location, so I 
can not confirm this based on the logs, it would be nice as part of the fix to 
add the managedlocation used for the path validation of the table as well to 
the [debug log 
here|https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/7cdf362f9f1a53025b371a8d5122336ded71d692/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDefaultTransformer.java#L792]
 also.


  was:
- Given:
 metastore.warehouse.tenant.colocation is set to true
 a test database was created as {{create database test location '/data'}}
 - When:
 I try to create a table as {{create table t1 (a int) location '/data/t1'}}
 - Then:
The create table fails with the following exception:
{code}
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: 
MetaException(message:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a Path 
from a null string)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1138)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1143)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.createTableNonReplaceMode(CreateTableOperation.java:148)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.execute(CreateTableOperation.java:98)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:80)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:213)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:105) 
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTask(Executor.java:359)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTasks(Executor.java:330)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.runTasks(Executor.java:246)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.execute(Executor.java:109)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:721)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:488)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:482)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:166)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:225)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$700(SQLOperation.java:87)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork$1.run(SQLOperation.java:322)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1876)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork.run(SQLOperation.java:340)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException: 
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a Path from a null string
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63325)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63293)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63219)
        at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:86)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1780)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1767)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3518)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:145)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1052)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1037)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:212)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient$SynchronizedHandler.invoke(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3411)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1127)
        ... 28 more
{code}

Addtional info:
- The exception does not occur if I don't specify the location in the create 
table statement
- If I do not specify a location for the database then I can not point the 
external table to an arbitrary directory and can not use external files to load 
data into a managed database via Hive easily this is especially a problem if I 
have an external data source on something else then HDFS, and want to pull the 
data into Hive.
The exception thrown when I try to create the external table specifying an 
arbitrary location in a database created as {{create database test2}}:
{code}
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: MetaException(message:An 
external table's location should not be located outside the location specified 
on its database, table:t1,location:/data_temp/test2/t1,Database location for 
external tables:/warehouse/tablespace/external/hive/test2.db)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1138)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1143)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.createTableNonReplaceMode(CreateTableOperation.java:148)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.execute(CreateTableOperation.java:98)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:80)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:213)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:105) 
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTask(Executor.java:359)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTasks(Executor.java:330)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.runTasks(Executor.java:246)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.execute(Executor.java:109)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:721)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:488)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:482)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:166)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:225)
 
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$700(SQLOperation.java:87)
 
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork$1.run(SQLOperation.java:322)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1876)
        at 
org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork.run(SQLOperation.java:340)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at 
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException: An external 
table's location should not be located outside the location specified on its 
database, table:t1,location:/data_temp/test2/t1,Database location for external 
tables:/warehouse/tablespace/external/hive/test2.db
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63325)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63293)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63219)
        at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:86)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1780)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1767)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3518)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:145)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1052)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1037)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:212)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient$SynchronizedHandler.invoke(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3411)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1127)
{code}
- The describe database shows the following output for the test database:
{code}
+----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| db_name  | comment  |                     location                     | 
managedlocation  | owner_name  | owner_type  | parameters  |
+----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| test     |          | hdfs://vb0206.halxg.cloudera.com:8020/data_temp  |      
            | hive        | USER        |             |
+----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
{code}
Notice that managed location for the database is empty.
- The code where the exception occurs is [the following 
line|https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/7cdf362f9f1a53025b371a8d5122336ded71d692/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDefaultTransformer.java#L802]:
{code}
dbLocation = Path.getPathWithoutSchemeAndAuthority(new 
Path(db.getManagedLocationUri()));
{code}
it seems that the db.getManagedLocationUri() gives back a null reference for 
the test table. Metastore debug log does not contain the managed location, so I 
can not confirm this based on the logs, it would be nice as part of the fix to 
add the managedlocation used for the path validation of the table as well to 
the [debug log 
here|https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/7cdf362f9f1a53025b371a8d5122336ded71d692/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDefaultTransformer.java#L792]
 also.



> Create table may throw 
> MetaException(message:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a 
> Path from a null string)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-23726
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-23726
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Istvan Fajth
>            Priority: Major
>
> - Given:
>  metastore.warehouse.tenant.colocation is set to true
>  a test database was created as {{create database test location '/data'}}
>  - When:
>  I try to create a table as {{create table t1 (a int) location '/data/t1'}}
>  - Then:
> The create table fails with the following exception:
> {code}
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: 
> MetaException(message:java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a 
> Path from a null string)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1138)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1143)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.createTableNonReplaceMode(CreateTableOperation.java:148)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.execute(CreateTableOperation.java:98)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:80)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:213)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:105) 
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTask(Executor.java:359)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTasks(Executor.java:330)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.runTasks(Executor.java:246)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.execute(Executor.java:109)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:721)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:488)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:482)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:166)
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:225)
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$700(SQLOperation.java:87)
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork$1.run(SQLOperation.java:322)
>       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>       at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1876)
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork.run(SQLOperation.java:340)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
>       at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
>       at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
>       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
> Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException: 
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not create a Path from a null string
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63325)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63293)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63219)
>       at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:86)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1780)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1767)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3518)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:145)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1052)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1037)
>       at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
>       at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:212)
>       at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
>       at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
>       at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient$SynchronizedHandler.invoke(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3411)
>       at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1127)
>       ... 28 more
> {code}
> Addtional info:
> - The exception does not occur if I don't specify the location in the create 
> table statement
> - The exception does not occur if I specify the managedlocation as well in 
> the create database statement.
> - If I do not specify any location for the database then I can not point the 
> external table to an arbitrary directory and can not use external files to 
> load data into a managed database via Hive easily this is especially a 
> problem if I have an external data source on something else then HDFS, and 
> want to pull the data into Hive.
> The exception thrown when I try to create the external table specifying an 
> arbitrary location in a database created as {{create database test2}}:
> {code}
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: MetaException(message:An 
> external table's location should not be located outside the location 
> specified on its database, table:t1,location:/data_temp/test2/t1,Database 
> location for external tables:/warehouse/tablespace/external/hive/test2.db)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1138)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1143)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.createTableNonReplaceMode(CreateTableOperation.java:148)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.table.create.CreateTableOperation.execute(CreateTableOperation.java:98)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.ddl.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:80)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:213)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:105) 
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTask(Executor.java:359)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.launchTasks(Executor.java:330)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.runTasks(Executor.java:246)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Executor.execute(Executor.java:109)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:721)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:488)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:482)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:166)
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:225)
>  
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$700(SQLOperation.java:87)
>  
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork$1.run(SQLOperation.java:322)
>       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>       at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1876)
>       at 
> org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$BackgroundWork.run(SQLOperation.java:340)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
>       at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
>       at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
>       at 
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
>       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
> Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.MetaException: An external 
> table's location should not be located outside the location specified on its 
> database, table:t1,location:/data_temp/test2/t1,Database location for 
> external tables:/warehouse/tablespace/external/hive/test2.db
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63325)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result$create_table_req_resultStandardScheme.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63293)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$create_table_req_result.read(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:63219)
>       at org.apache.thrift.TServiceClient.receiveBase(TServiceClient.java:86)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.recv_create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1780)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ThriftHiveMetastore$Client.create_table_req(ThriftHiveMetastore.java:1767)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3518)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.create_table_with_environment_context(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:145)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1052)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.createTable(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1037)
>       at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
>       at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:212)
>       at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
>       at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor66.invoke(Unknown Source)
>       at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
>       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
>       at 
> org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient$SynchronizedHandler.invoke(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:3411)
>       at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.createTable(Unknown Source)
>       at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.createTable(Hive.java:1127)
> {code}
> - The describe database shows the following output for the test database:
> {code}
> +----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
> | db_name  | comment  |                     location                     | 
> managedlocation  | owner_name  | owner_type  | parameters  |
> +----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
> | test     |          | hdfs://vb0206.halxg.cloudera.com:8020/data_temp  |    
>               | hive        | USER        |             |
> +----------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+------------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
> {code}
> Notice that managed location for the database is empty.
> - The code where the exception occurs is [the following 
> line|https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/7cdf362f9f1a53025b371a8d5122336ded71d692/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDefaultTransformer.java#L802]:
> {code}
> dbLocation = Path.getPathWithoutSchemeAndAuthority(new 
> Path(db.getManagedLocationUri()));
> {code}
> it seems that the db.getManagedLocationUri() gives back a null reference for 
> the test table. Metastore debug log does not contain the managed location, so 
> I can not confirm this based on the logs, it would be nice as part of the fix 
> to add the managedlocation used for the path validation of the table as well 
> to the [debug log 
> here|https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/7cdf362f9f1a53025b371a8d5122336ded71d692/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDefaultTransformer.java#L792]
>  also.



--
This message was sent by Atlassian Jira
(v8.3.4#803005)

Reply via email to