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Delete Partition — DELETE ddl/database/:db/table/:table/partition/:partition

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Description

Delete (drop) a partition in an HCatalog table.

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Name

Description

Required?

Default

:db

The database name

Required

None

:table

The table name

Required

None

:partition

The partition name, col_name='value' list. Be careful to properly encode the quote for http, for example, country=%27algeria%27.

Required

None

ifExists

Hive returns an error if the partition specified does not exist, unless ifExists is set to true.

Optional

false

group

The user group to use

Optional

None

permissions

The permissions string to use. The format is "rwxrw-r-x".

Optional

None

The standard parameters are also supported.

Results

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