@Deprecated
  public void alterPartition(String tblName, Partition newPart,
      EnvironmentContext environmentContext, boolean transactional)
      throws InvalidOperationException, HiveException {
    String[] names = Utilities.getDbTableName(tblName);
    alterPartition(null, names[0], names[1], newPart, environmentContext, transactional);
  }
Updates the existing partition metadata with the new metadata.

@param tblName
         name of the existing table
@param newPart
         new partition
@throws InvalidOperationException
          if the changes in metadata is not acceptable
@throws HiveException
ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/metadata/Hive.java