From b4fd212df81a5bcefb940f3f655257df5deb31c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jingsong <jingsonglee0@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:54:13 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] [hotfix] Remove exception for -U in
 PartialUpdateMergeFunction

---
 .../paimon/mergetree/compact/PartialUpdateMergeFunction.java | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/compact/PartialUpdateMergeFunction.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/compact/PartialUpdateMergeFunction.java
index 540391369bca..bf21e5d40313 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/compact/PartialUpdateMergeFunction.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/mergetree/compact/PartialUpdateMergeFunction.java
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ public void add(KeyValue kv) {
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (kv.valueKind() == RowKind.UPDATE_BEFORE) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                        "Partial update can not accept update_before records, it is a bug.");
-            }
-
             String msg =
                     String.join(
                             "By default, Partial update can not accept delete records,"