[jira] [Updated] (HIVE-4144) Add "select database()" command to show the current database

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Navis updated HIVE-4144:
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    Assignee: Navis
      Status: Patch Available  (was: Open)

'database' cannot be used cause it's a keyword. so used 'current_database' instead.
                
> Add "select database()" command to show the current database
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-4144
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-4144
>             Project: Hive
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: SQL
>            Reporter: Mark Grover
>            Assignee: Navis
>         Attachments: HIVE-4144.D9597.1.patch
>
>
> A recent hive-user mailing list conversation asked about having a command to show the current database.
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hive-user/201303.mbox/%3CCAMGr+0i+CRY69m3id=DxthmUCWLf0NxpKMCtROb=uauH2vAHng@mail.gmail.com%3E
> MySQL seems to have a command to do so:
> {code}
> select database();
> {code}
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/information-functions.html#function_database
> We should look into having something similar in Hive.

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