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[jira] [Updated] (HIVE-2338) Alter table always throws an unhelpful error on failure

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2338?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Sohan Jain updated HIVE-2338:
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    Status: Patch Available  (was: Open)

> Alter table always throws an unhelpful error on failure
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-2338
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2338
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Metastore
>            Reporter: Sohan Jain
>            Assignee: Sohan Jain
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: HIVE-2338.1.patch
>
>
> Every failure in an alter table function always return a MetaException. When altering tables and catching exceptions, we throw a MetaException in the "finally" part of a try-catch-finally block, which overrides any other exceptions thrown.

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