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Ádám Szita updated HIVE-26064:
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Component/s: Iceberg integration
> For Iceberg external table do not set external.table.purge=true by default
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> Key: HIVE-26064
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-26064
> Project: Hive
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: Iceberg integration
> Reporter: Peter Vary
> Assignee: Peter Vary
> Priority: Major
> Labels: pull-request-available
> Fix For: 4.0.0-alpha-2
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> Time Spent: 0.5h
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> When creating an Iceberg table, in the MetaHook we currently set
> external.table.purge=true for all tables, unless provided otherwise.
> This goes against the docs / user expectations:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=82706445#:~:text=When%20dropping%20an%20EXTERNAL%20table%2C%20data%20in%20the%20table%20is%20NOT%20deleted%20from%20the%20file%20system
> As well as this property: hive.external.table.purge.default, which is set to
> false in the system.
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