Github user vanzin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/18824#discussion_r131015612
--- Diff:
sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala ---
@@ -616,15 +616,24 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf:
SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
// Add table metadata such as table schema, partition columns, etc. to
table properties.
val updatedTable = withNewSchema.copy(
properties = withNewSchema.properties ++
tableMetaToTableProps(withNewSchema))
+
+ // If it's a data source table, make sure the original schema is left
unchanged; the
+ // actual schema is recorded as a table property.
+ val tableToStore = if (DDLUtils.isDatasourceTable(updatedTable)) {
+ updatedTable.copy(schema = rawTable.schema)
+ } else {
+ updatedTable
+ }
+
try {
- client.alterTable(updatedTable)
+ client.alterTable(tableToStore)
} catch {
case NonFatal(e) =>
val warningMessage =
s"Could not alter schema of table
${rawTable.identifier.quotedString} in a Hive " +
"compatible way. Updating Hive metastore in Spark SQL specific
format."
logWarning(warningMessage, e)
- client.alterTable(updatedTable.copy(schema =
updatedTable.partitionSchema))
+ client.alterTable(updatedTable.copy(schema =
tableToStore.partitionSchema))
--- End diff --
This is the exception handling code I mentioned in the bug report which
seems very suspicious. I had half a desire to just remove it, but maybe someone
can explain to me why this code makes sense.
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