PREHOOK: query: create temporary table tmp1 (c1 string) PREHOOK: type: CREATETABLE PREHOOK: Output: database:default PREHOOK: Output: default@tmp1 POSTHOOK: query: create temporary table tmp1 (c1 string) POSTHOOK: type: CREATETABLE POSTHOOK: Output: database:default POSTHOOK: Output: default@tmp1 PREHOOK: query: create temporary table tmp2 (d1 string) PREHOOK: type: CREATETABLE PREHOOK: Output: database:default PREHOOK: Output: default@tmp2 POSTHOOK: query: create temporary table tmp2 (d1 string) POSTHOOK: type: CREATETABLE POSTHOOK: Output: database:default POSTHOOK: Output: default@tmp2 PREHOOK: query: alter table tmp2 rename to tmp1 PREHOOK: type: ALTERTABLE_RENAME PREHOOK: Input: default@tmp2 PREHOOK: Output: default@tmp2 FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask. Unable to alter table. Cannot rename temporary table to tmp1 - temporary table already exists with the same name