//the partition did not change,
// so the new partition should be similar to the original partition
Partition origP = msc.getPartition(dbName, tblName, "b=2011");
AlterPartitionEvent alterPartEvent = (AlterPartitionEvent)notifyList.get(listSize - 1);
assert alterPartEvent.getStatus();
validateAlterPartition(origP, origP, alterPartEvent.getOldPartition().getDbName(),
alterPartEvent.getOldPartition().getTableName(),
alterPartEvent.getOldPartition().getValues(), alterPartEvent.getNewPartition());
PreAlterPartitionEvent preAlterPartEvent =
(PreAlterPartitionEvent)preNotifyList.get(listSize - 1);
validateAlterPartition(origP, origP, preAlterPartEvent.getDbName(),
preAlterPartEvent.getTableName(), preAlterPartEvent.getNewPartition().getValues(),