[jira] [Created] (HIVE-17970) LOAD DATA with OVERWRITE doesn't use base_n directory concept

["Eugene Koifman (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Eugene Koifman created HIVE-17970:
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             Summary: LOAD DATA with OVERWRITE doesn't use base_n directory concept
                 Key: HIVE-17970
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-17970
             Project: Hive
          Issue Type: Sub-task
          Components: Transactions
    Affects Versions: 3.0.0
            Reporter: Eugene Koifman
            Priority: Major


Judging by 

{code:java}
Hive.loadTable(Path loadPath, String tableName, LoadFileType loadFileType, boolean isSrcLocal,
      boolean isSkewedStoreAsSubdir, boolean isAcid, boolean hasFollowingStatsTask,
      Long txnId, int stmtId, boolean isMmTable)
{code}

LOAD DATA with OVERWRITE will delete all existing data then write new data into the table.  This logic makes sense for non-acid tables but for Acid/MM it should work like INSERT OVERWRITE statement and write new data to base_n/. This way the lock manager can be used to either get an X lock for IOW and thus block all readers or let it run with SemiShared and let readers continue and make the system more concurrent.



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