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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.)
• Removed In: Hive 3.0.0 with HIVE-17965

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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This limits the number of partitions that can be requested from the Metastore for a given table. A query will not be executed if it attempts to fetch more partitions per table than the limit configured. A value of "-1" means unlimited. This parameter is preferred over hive.limit.query.max.table.partition (deprecated; removed in 3.0.0).

hive.metastore.fastpath

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