dengzhhu653 commented on code in PR #5206: URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/5206#discussion_r1598476963
########## standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveMetaStoreClient.java: ########## @@ -2245,8 +2245,8 @@ public List<Partition> listPartitions(String db_name, String tbl_name, public List<Partition> listPartitions(String catName, String db_name, String tbl_name, List<String> part_vals, int max_parts) throws TException { // TODO should we add capabilities here as well as it returns Partition objects - if (db_name == null || tbl_name == null || part_vals == null) { - throw new MetaException("Database name/Table name/partition values should not be null"); + if (db_name == null || tbl_name == null) { Review Comment: I think the `part_vals` shouldn't be null according to the comment indicates: `Get a list of partitions based on a (possibly partial) list of partition values`. Another point is what would happen if the new client connects to the old server which hasn't upgraded? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: gitbox-unsubscr...@hive.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: gitbox-unsubscr...@hive.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: gitbox-h...@hive.apache.org