[SPARK-51418][SQL] Fix DataSource PARTITON TABLE w/ Hive type incompatible partition columns #50182
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
The partition columns are duplicated and stored both in the HMS column meta and the table properties. If they contain incompatible data types, the HMS Meta API will fail the process.
We can rely on the table properties to read/write
Why are the changes needed?
bugfix, otherwise, newly added spark data types are not able to be used as partition columns
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes, More type cases are supported for partitioned datasouce tables stored in HMS
How was this patch tested?
new tests
Was this patch authored or co-authored using generative AI tooling?
no