[jira] [Commented] (HIVE-3068) Add ability to export table metadata as JSON on table drop

["Kevin Wilfong (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Kevin Wilfong commented on HIVE-3068:
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I think he's referring to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1918
                
> Add ability to export table metadata as JSON on table drop
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-3068
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3068
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Metastore, Serializers/Deserializers
>            Reporter: Andrew Chalfant
>            Assignee: Andrew Chalfant
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: features, newbie
>   Original Estimate: 24h
>  Remaining Estimate: 24h
>
> When a table is dropped, the contents go to the users trash but the metadata is lost. It would be super neat to be able to save the metadata as well so that tables could be trivially re-instantiated via thrift.

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