[jira] [Created] (HIVE-4235) CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS uses inefficient way to check if table exists

["Gang Tim Liu (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Gang Tim Liu created HIVE-4235:
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             Summary: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS uses inefficient way to check if table exists
                 Key: HIVE-4235
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4235
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: JDBC, Query Processor, SQL
            Reporter: Gang Tim Liu
            Assignee: Gang Tim Liu


CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS uses inefficient way to check if table exists.

It uses Hive.java's getTablesByPattern(...) to check if table exists. It involves regular expression and eventually database join. Very efficient. May cause database lock time increases and hurt db performance if a lot of such commands hit database.

The suggested approach is to use getTable(...) since we know tablename already

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