@Override
  public boolean drop_type(final String name) throws MetaException, NoSuchObjectException {
    startFunction("drop_type", ": " + name);

    boolean success = false;
    Exception ex = null;
    try {
      // TODO:pc validate that there are no types that refer to this
      success = getMS().dropType(name);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      ex = e;
      throwMetaException(e);
    } finally {
      endFunction("drop_type", success, ex);
    }
    return success;
  }
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