[jira] [Assigned] (HIVE-2617) Insert overwrite table db.tname fails if partition already exists

["Chinna Rao Lalam (Assigned) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2617?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Chinna Rao Lalam reassigned HIVE-2617:
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    Assignee: Chinna Rao Lalam
    
> Insert overwrite table db.tname fails if partition already exists 
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>                 Key: HIVE-2617
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2617
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Metastore
>            Reporter: Aniket Mokashi
>            Assignee: Chinna Rao Lalam
>         Attachments: HIVE-2617.patch
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> Insert Overwrite table db.tname fails if partition already exists.
> For example-
> insert overwrite table db.tname PARTITION(part='p') select .. from t2 where part='p'; fails if partition 'p' already exists. Workaround is - use db; and the fire the command.
> From the source code-
> alterPartition(tbl.getTableName(), new Partition(tbl, tpart)); takes String tablename as argument and loses db information. Table table = newTable(tablename) is called to retrieve table from name. But, it relies on currentDatabase value (hence the workaround).

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