Github user cloud-fan commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/15230#discussion_r80376396
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sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
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@@ -427,6 +427,11 @@ private[hive] class HiveClientImpl(
}
override def alterTable(tableName: String, table: CatalogTable): Unit =
withHiveState {
+ // Not allowed to switch the table type
+ if (table.properties.contains("EXTERNAL")) {
--- End diff --
this check doesn't work for `InMemoryCatalog`, we should think about a
center place for this kind of checks
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