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[jira] [Commented] (HIVE-2837) insert into external tables should not be allowed

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2837?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13221491#comment-13221491 ] 

Edward Capriolo commented on HIVE-2837:
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maybe add a read only keyword or table property?
                
> insert into external tables should not be allowed
> -------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-2837
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2837
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Namit Jain
>            Assignee: Namit Jain
>
> This is a very risky thing to allow. 
> Since, the external tables can point to any user location, which can potentially corrupt some other tables.

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