public boolean deletePartitionColumnStatistics(String dbName, String tableName, String partName,
    String colName) throws HiveException {
      try {
        return getMSC().deletePartitionColumnStatistics(dbName, tableName, partName, colName, Constants.HIVE_ENGINE);
      } catch(Exception e) {
        LOG.debug("Failed deletePartitionColumnStatistics", e);
        throw new HiveException(e);
      }
    }
@return the metastore client for the current thread
@throws MetaException
ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/metadata/Hive.java