Github user andrewor14 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/12801#discussion_r63067480
--- Diff:
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala
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@@ -523,13 +524,14 @@ class SessionCatalog(
*/
def dropPartitions(
tableName: TableIdentifier,
- parts: Seq[TablePartitionSpec],
+ specs: Seq[TablePartitionSpec],
ignoreIfNotExists: Boolean): Unit = {
+ requirePartialMatchedPartitionSpec(specs, getTableMetadata(tableName))
--- End diff --
Wait, I thought the intention of this patch is to ban the partial matching,
which is buggy in Hive? Looks like this just ensures that the user doesn't
specify a column that is not a partitioned column here. Is that sufficient to
bypass the bug in Hive that you were talking about?
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