POST ddl/database/:db/table/:table

Description

Rename an HCatalog table.

http://www.myserver.com/templeton/v1/ddl/database/:db/table/:table

Name	Description	Required?	Default
:db	The database name	Required	None
:table	The existing (old) table name	Required	None
rename	The new table name	Required	None
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.

Name	Description
table	The new table name
database	The database name

Curl Command

% curl -s -d user.name=ctdean \
       -d rename=test_table_2 \
       'http://localhost:50111/templeton/v1/ddl/database/default/table/test_table'

JSON Output

{
 "table": "test_table_2",
 "database": "default"
}

JSON Output (error)

{
  "error": "Table test_table does not exist",
  "errorCode": 404,
  "database": "default",
  "table": "test_table_2"
}