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• Default Value: -1
• Added In: Hive 0.13.0 with HIVE-6492
• Deprecated In: Hive 2.2.0 with HIVE-13884 (See hive.metastore.limit.partition.request.)

To protect the cluster, this controls how many partitions can be scanned for each partitioned table. The default value "-1" means no limit. The limit on partitions does not affect metadata-only queries.

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