@Override
    public void rename_partition(final String db_name, final String tbl_name,
        final List<String> part_vals, final Partition new_part)
        throws InvalidOperationException, MetaException, TException {
      // Call rename_partition without an environment context.
      rename_partition(db_name, tbl_name, part_vals, new_part, null);
    }

    private void rename_partition(final String db_name, final String tbl_name,
        final List<String> part_vals, final Partition new_part,
        final EnvironmentContext envContext)
        throws InvalidOperationException, MetaException,
        TException {
      startTableFunction("alter_partition", db_name, tbl_name);

      if (LOG.isInfoEnabled()) {
        LOG.info("New partition values:" + new_part.getValues());
        if (part_vals != null && part_vals.size() > 0) {
          LOG.info("Old Partition values:" + part_vals);
        }
      }

      Partition oldPart = null;
      Exception ex = null;
      try {
        firePreEvent(new PreAlterPartitionEvent(db_name, tbl_name, part_vals, new_part, this));

        if (part_vals != null && !part_vals.isEmpty()) {
          MetaStoreUtils.validatePartitionNameCharacters(new_part.getValues(),
              partitionValidationPattern);
        }

        oldPart = alterHandler.alterPartition(getMS(), wh, db_name, tbl_name, part_vals, new_part);

        // Only fetch the table if we actually have a listener
        Table table = null;
        for (MetaStoreEventListener listener : listeners) {
          if (table == null) {
            table = getMS().getTable(db_name, tbl_name);
          }
          AlterPartitionEvent alterPartitionEvent =
              new AlterPartitionEvent(oldPart, new_part, table, true, this);
          alterPartitionEvent.setEnvironmentContext(envContext);
          listener.onAlterPartition(alterPartitionEvent);
        }
      } catch (InvalidObjectException e) {
        ex = e;
        throw new InvalidOperationException(e.getMessage());
      } catch (AlreadyExistsException e) {
        ex = e;
        throw new InvalidOperationException(e.getMessage());
      } catch (Exception e) {
        ex = e;
        if (e instanceof MetaException) {
          throw (MetaException) e;
        } else if (e instanceof InvalidOperationException) {
          throw (InvalidOperationException) e;
        } else if (e instanceof TException) {
          throw (TException) e;
        } else {
          throw newMetaException(e);
        }
      } finally {
        endFunction("alter_partition", oldPart != null, ex, tbl_name);
      }
      return;
    }

  private void updatePartColumnStats(RawStore msdb, String dbName, String tableName,
      List<String> partVals, Partition newPart) throws MetaException, InvalidObjectException {
    dbName = HiveStringUtils.normalizeIdentifier(dbName);
    tableName = HiveStringUtils.normalizeIdentifier(tableName);
    String newDbName = HiveStringUtils.normalizeIdentifier(newPart.getDbName());
    String newTableName = HiveStringUtils.normalizeIdentifier(newPart.getTableName());

    Table oldTable = msdb.getTable(dbName, tableName);
    if (oldTable == null) {
      return;
    }

    try {
      String oldPartName = Warehouse.makePartName(oldTable.getPartitionKeys(), partVals);
      String newPartName = Warehouse.makePartName(oldTable.getPartitionKeys(), newPart.getValues());
      if (!dbName.equals(newDbName) || !tableName.equals(newTableName)
          || !oldPartName.equals(newPartName)) {
        msdb.deletePartitionColumnStatistics(dbName, tableName, oldPartName, partVals, null);
      } else {
        Partition oldPartition = msdb.getPartition(dbName, tableName, partVals);
        if (oldPartition == null) {
          return;
        }
        if (oldPartition.getSd() != null && newPart.getSd() != null) {
        List<FieldSchema> oldCols = oldPartition.getSd().getCols();
          if (!MetaStoreUtils.areSameColumns(oldCols, newPart.getSd().getCols())) {
            updatePartColumnStatsForAlterColumns(msdb, oldPartition, oldPartName, partVals, oldCols, newPart);
          }
        }
      }
    } catch (NoSuchObjectException nsoe) {
      LOG.debug("Could not find db entry." + nsoe);
      //ignore
    } catch (InvalidInputException iie) {
      throw new InvalidObjectException("Invalid input to update partition column stats." + iie);
    }
  }