11.77. Release 0.154

• Fix planning issue that could cause queries involving functionsthat return null on non-null input to produce incorrect results.
• Fix potential _“Input symbols do not match output symbols”_error when writing to bucketed tables.
• Fix potential “Requested array size exceeds VM limit” errorthat triggers the JVM’s handling.
• Improve performance of window functions with identical partitioning andordering but different frame specifications.
• Add support for using LIKE with CREATE TABLE.
• Add support for to describe the requirements forthe input parameters to a prepared statement.

Hive Changes

• Fix handling of metastore cache TTL. With the introduction of theper-transaction cache, the cache timeout was reset after each access,which means cache entries might never expire.