I have similar issue with one of my table which has about 7000 partitions and they are in the form as follows: id_copy=íí?@%00%00%1CS id_copy=ñ%10o%14%00%00%1CS id_copy=ñ%17ç%0C%00%00%1CS I have tried the above suggestions above , none had resolved the issue. If you have any other suggestion , it would be appreciated. , I have a table with partitions as below in total 7000 and I am not able to neither drop the table nor the database. any suggestion is really appreciated. id_copy=íí?@%00%00%1CS id_copy=ñ%10o%14%00%00%1CS id_copy=ñ%17ç%0C%00%00%1CS ... View more