Autoscaling is slow with an external metastore

Improve autoscaling performance by only installing metastore jars to the driver....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Gobinath.Viswanathan

Data too long for column error

If a column exceeds 4000 characters it is too big for the default datatype and returns an error....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Drop database without deletion

Use Hive commands to drop a database without deleting the underlying storage folder....

Last updated: May 24th, 2022 by arvind.ravish

How to create table DDLs to import into an external metastore

Learn how to export all table metadata from Hive to an external metastore from Databricks....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Drop tables with corrupted metadata from the metastore

Learn how to drop tables that contain corrupted metadata from a metastore....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Error in CREATE TABLE with external Hive metastore

CREATE TABLE error with MySQL 8.0 in external Hive metastore due to charset....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by jordan.hicks

AnalysisException when dropping table on Azure-backed metastore

Learn how to overcome an AnalysisException when dropping a table on an Azure-backed metastore....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

How to troubleshoot several Apache Hive metastore problems

Learn how to troubleshoot Apache Hive metastore problems....

Last updated: August 1st, 2023 by Adam Pavlacka

Listing table names

Learn how to list table names in Databricks....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

How to set up an embedded Apache Hive metastore

Learn how to set up an embedded Apache Hive metastore with Databricks....

Last updated: July 20th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Japanese character support in external metastore

Use Japanese characters in tables in an external metastore....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Parquet timestamp requires Hive metastore 1.2 or above

Update the Hive metastore to version 1.2 or above to use TIMESTAMP with a Parquet table....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by rakesh.parija

Failed to create query error when upgrading external metastore to Unity Catalog

The "Create query for upgrade" command only works when run on a warehouse in Data Explorer....

Last updated: March 15th, 2023 by Atanu.Sarkar

Error while establishing user sessions to Oracle database through an external Hive metastore

Increase the session limit on your Oracle database or increase your pool size using an Apache Spark configuration....

Last updated: December 5th, 2024 by alberto.umana

Learn about Apache Hive metastore costs

The Hive metastore does not have direct costs, but it does have associated use costs....

Last updated: April 17th, 2025 by kunal.jadhav