[jira] [Created] (HIVE-3856) Authorization report NPE when table partition do not exits

["cyril liao (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

cyril liao created HIVE-3856:
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             Summary: Authorization report NPE when table partition do not exits
                 Key: HIVE-3856
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3856
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Authorization
    Affects Versions: 0.9.0
         Environment: hadoop 0.20.205 hive 0.9.0
            Reporter: cyril liao


the following hql report npe:
use app;select a.name from( select profile['net'] as name from app.app_profile where p_day = 20130103 group by profile['net']) a left outer join app.app_network_mode b on a.name = b.name where b.name is null;

the errors are :
2013-01-04 11:10:05,905 ERROR ql.Driver (SessionState.java:printError(400)) - FAILED: Hive Internal Error: java.lang.NullPointerException(null)
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.doAuthorization(Driver.java:625)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:486)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:336)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:917)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:258)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:215)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:406)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:689)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:557)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:156)

    If i change the partition condition from "p_day = 20130103" to "p_day = 20121228" , it works. The "p_day=20121228" partition ensure exits ,but the "p_pay=20130103" partition do not exit.
    The statement should not report NPE !

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