I'm wrapping hive in a web tool and would like to do some basic error-checking.  If an attempt is made to drop a table that doesn't exist, I would like to show an error message.  The problem is, hive doesn't seem to produce any sort of error when dropping a table that doesn't exists.  Furthermore, if hive is run on the command line (-e) it doesn't return an error status.  Therefore, I think the only way to detect such an error is to actually inspect the table list (show tables) and manually see if the drop attempt will find a corresponding table.

Can I get an error of some sort on this or is it not possible?

Thank you.

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Oye, got it.  Sorry.

RTFM: hive.exec.drop.ignorenonexistent

On Aug 6, 2012, at 11:06 , Keith Wiley wrote:

> I'm wrapping hive in a web tool and would like to do some basic error-checking.  If an attempt is made to drop a table that doesn't exist, I would like to show an error message.  The problem is, hive doesn't seem to produce any sort of error when dropping a table that doesn't exists.  Furthermore, if hive is run on the command line (-e) it doesn't return an error status.  Therefore, I think the only way to detect such an error is to actually inspect the table list (show tables) and manually see if the drop attempt will find a corresponding table.
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> Can I get an error of some sort on this or is it not possible?
>
> Thank you.
>
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> Keith Wiley     [EMAIL PROTECTED]     keithwiley.com    music.keithwiley.com
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> "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with
> sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
>                                           --  Galileo Galilei
> ________________________________________________________________________________
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