@Override
  public void create_table_req(final CreateTableRequest req)
      throws AlreadyExistsException, MetaException, InvalidObjectException,
      InvalidInputException {
    Table tbl = req.getTable();
    startFunction("create_table_req", ": " + tbl.toString());
    boolean success = false;
    Exception ex = null;
    try {
      create_table_core(getMS(), req);
      success = true;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      LOG.warn("create_table_req got ", e);
      ex = e;
      throw handleException(e).throwIfInstance(MetaException.class, InvalidObjectException.class)
          .throwIfInstance(AlreadyExistsException.class, InvalidInputException.class)
          .convertIfInstance(NoSuchObjectException.class, InvalidObjectException.class)
          .defaultMetaException();
    } finally {
      endFunction("create_table_req", success, ex, tbl.getTableName());
    }
  }
Checks whether the repl.last.id is being updated.
@param oldDb the old db object
@param newDb the new db object
@return true if repl.last.id is being changed.
standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HMSHandler.java