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In older Hive versions (0.10 and earlier) no distinction was made between partition columns or non-partition columns while displaying columns in DESCRIBE TABLE. From version 0.12 onwards, they are displayed separately. This flag will let you get the old behavior, if desired. See test-case in patch for HIVE-6689.

hive.

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• Default value: -1
• Added In: Hive 2.2.0 with HIVE-13884

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limit.query.max.table.partition

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hive.limit.query.max.table.partition

• 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.)

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Enable a metadata count at metastore startup for metrics.

hive.metastore.limit.partition.request

• Default value: -1
• Added In: Hive 2.2.0 with HIVE-13884

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).

HiveServer2

HiveServer2 was added in Hive 0.11.0 with HIVE-2935.  For more information see Setting Up HiveServer2 and HiveServer2 Clients.

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