diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
index fc95781448569..ceb7916df0b34 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class SchemaRDD(
   def baseSchemaRDD = this
 
   // =========================================================================================
-  // RDD functions: Copy the interal row representation so we present immutable data to users.
+  // RDD functions: Copy the internal row representation so we present immutable data to users.
   // =========================================================================================
 
   override def compute(split: Partition, context: TaskContext): Iterator[Row] =
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala
index 450c142c0baa4..070557e47c4c7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/Exchange.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,14 @@ case class Exchange(newPartitioning: Partitioning, child: SparkPlan) extends Una
         shuffled.map(_._1)
 
       case SinglePartition =>
-        child.execute().coalesce(1, shuffle = true)
+        val rdd = child.execute().mapPartitions { iter =>
+          val mutablePair = new MutablePair[Null, Row]()
+          iter.map(r => mutablePair.update(null, r))
+        }
+        val partitioner = new HashPartitioner(1)
+        val shuffled = new ShuffledRDD[Null, Row, MutablePair[Null, Row]](rdd, partitioner)
+        shuffled.setSerializer(new SparkSqlSerializer(new SparkConf(false)))
+        shuffled.map(_._2)
 
       case _ => sys.error(s"Exchange not implemented for $newPartitioning")
       // TODO: Handle BroadcastPartitioning.
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TestHive.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TestHive.scala
index 2fea9702954d7..465e5f146fe71 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TestHive.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TestHive.scala
@@ -160,12 +160,6 @@ class TestHiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends LocalHiveContext(sc) {
     TestTable("src1",
       "CREATE TABLE src1 (key INT, value STRING)".cmd,
       s"LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH '${getHiveFile("data/files/kv3.txt")}' INTO TABLE src1".cmd),
-    TestTable("dest1",
-      "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dest1 (key INT, value STRING)".cmd),
-    TestTable("dest2",
-      "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dest2 (key INT, value STRING)".cmd),
-    TestTable("dest3",
-      "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dest3 (key INT, value STRING)".cmd),
     TestTable("srcpart", () => {
       runSqlHive(
         "CREATE TABLE srcpart (key INT, value STRING) PARTITIONED BY (ds STRING, hr STRING)")
@@ -257,6 +251,7 @@ class TestHiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends LocalHiveContext(sc) {
 
   private val loadedTables = new collection.mutable.HashSet[String]
 
+  var cacheTables: Boolean = false
   def loadTestTable(name: String) {
     if (!(loadedTables contains name)) {
       // Marks the table as loaded first to prevent infite mutually recursive table loading.
@@ -265,6 +260,9 @@ class TestHiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends LocalHiveContext(sc) {
       val createCmds =
         testTables.get(name).map(_.commands).getOrElse(sys.error(s"Unknown test table $name"))
       createCmds.foreach(_())
+
+      if (cacheTables)
+        cacheTable(name)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveComparisonTest.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveComparisonTest.scala
index 3cc4562a88d66..9370c478bb589 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveComparisonTest.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveComparisonTest.scala
@@ -218,10 +218,7 @@ abstract class HiveComparisonTest
         val quotes = "\"\"\""
         queryList.zipWithIndex.map {
           case (query, i) =>
-            s"""
-              |val q$i = $quotes$query$quotes.q
-              |q$i.stringResult()
-            """.stripMargin
+            s"""val q$i = hql($quotes$query$quotes); q$i.collect()"""
         }.mkString("\n== Console version of this test ==\n", "\n", "\n")
       }
 
@@ -287,7 +284,6 @@ abstract class HiveComparisonTest
                         |Error: ${e.getMessage}
                         |${stackTraceToString(e)}
                         |$queryString
-                        |$consoleTestCase
                       """.stripMargin
                     stringToFile(
                       new File(hiveFailedDirectory, testCaseName),
@@ -313,8 +309,6 @@ abstract class HiveComparisonTest
                   |$query
                   |== HIVE - ${hive.size} row(s) ==
                   |${hive.mkString("\n")}
-                  |
-                  |$consoleTestCase
                 """.stripMargin
               stringToFile(new File(failedDirectory, testCaseName), errorMessage + consoleTestCase)
               fail(errorMessage)
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
index f76e16bc1afc5..d11b119f40067 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.execution
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.TestHive
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
+
+class HiveInMemoryCompatibilitySuite extends HiveCompatibilitySuite with BeforeAndAfter {
+  override def beforeAll() {
+    TestHive.cacheTables = true
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll() {
+    TestHive.cacheTables = false
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * Runs the test cases that are included in the hive distribution.