PREHOOK: query: -- should fail: can't use ALTER VIEW on a table CREATE TABLE invites (foo INT, bar STRING) PARTITIONED BY (ds STRING) PREHOOK: type: CREATETABLE POSTHOOK: query: -- should fail: can't use ALTER VIEW on a table CREATE TABLE invites (foo INT, bar STRING) PARTITIONED BY (ds STRING) POSTHOOK: type: CREATETABLE POSTHOOK: Output: default@invites PREHOOK: query: ALTER VIEW invites RENAME TO invites2 PREHOOK: type: null PREHOOK: Input: default@invites PREHOOK: Output: default@invites FAILED: Error in metadata: Cannot alter a base table with ALTER VIEW FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask