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Truncate table <table_name> Drop table <rable_name> Mich Talebzadeh http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com Publications due shortly: Creating in-memory Data Grid for Trading Systems with Oracle TimesTen and Coherence Cache NOTE: The information in this email is proprietary and confidential. This message is for the designated recipient only, if you are not the intended recipient, you should destroy it immediately. Any information in this message shall not be understood as given or endorsed by Peridale Ltd, its subsidiaries or their employees, unless expressly so stated. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that this email is virus free, therefore neither Peridale Ltd, its subsidiaries nor their employees accept any responsibility. From: Jeff Zhang [mailto:zjf...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 March 2015 06:56 To: user@hive.apache.org Subject: drop table command hang I invoke a drop table command and it hangs there. Here's the log. I am using mysql and I can invoke describe command and create table through mysql console, so I assume mysql works properly. Can anyone help this ? Thanks 2015-03-11 14:48:09,441 INFO [main]: ql.Driver (Driver.java:checkConcurrency(161)) - Concurrency mode is disabled, not creating a lock manager 2015-03-11 14:48:09,441 INFO [main]: log.PerfLogger (PerfLogger.java:PerfLogBegin(121)) - <PERFLOG method=Driver.execute from=org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver> 2015-03-11 14:48:09,441 INFO [main]: ql.Driver (Driver.java:execute(1321)) - Starting command: drop table student_bucketed_s1 2015-03-11 14:48:09,441 INFO [main]: log.PerfLogger (PerfLogger.java:PerfLogEnd(148)) - </PERFLOG method=TimeToSubmit start=1426056489421 end=1426056489441 duration=20 from=org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver> 2015-03-11 14:48:09,442 INFO [main]: log.PerfLogger (PerfLogger.java:PerfLogBegin(121)) - <PERFLOG method=runTasks from=org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver> 2015-03-11 14:48:09,442 INFO [main]: log.PerfLogger (PerfLogger.java:PerfLogBegin(121)) - <PERFLOG method=task.DDL.Stage-0 from=org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver> 2015-03-11 14:48:09,442 INFO [main]: ql.Driver (Driver.java:launchTask(1640)) - Starting task [Stage-0:DDL] in serial mode 2015-03-11 14:48:09,442 INFO [main]: metastore.HiveMetaStore (HiveMetaStore.java:logInfo(743)) - 0: get_table : db=default tbl=student_bucketed_s1 2015-03-11 14:48:09,443 INFO [main]: HiveMetaStore.audit (HiveMetaStore.java:logAuditEvent(368)) - ugi=jzhang ip=unknown-ip-addr cmd=get_table : db=default tbl=student_bucketed_s1 2015-03-11 14:48:09,458 INFO [main]: metastore.HiveMetaStore (HiveMetaStore.java:logInfo(743)) - 0: get_table : db=default tbl=student_bucketed_s1 2015-03-11 14:48:09,458 INFO [main]: HiveMetaStore.audit (HiveMetaStore.java:logAuditEvent(368)) - ugi=jzhang ip=unknown-ip-addr cmd=get_table : db=default tbl=student_bucketed_s1 2015-03-11 14:48:09,474 INFO [main]: metastore.HiveMetaStore (HiveMetaStore.java:logInfo(743)) - 0: drop_table : db=default tbl=student_bucketed_s1 2015-03-11 14:48:09,474 INFO [main]: HiveMetaStore.audit (HiveMetaStore.java:logAuditEvent(368)) - ugi=jzhang ip=unknown-ip-addr cmd=drop_table : db=default tbl=student_bucketed_s1 -- Best Regards Jeff Zhang
