walterddr commented on code in PR #8509: URL: https://github.com/apache/pinot/pull/8509#discussion_r848610947
########## pinot-controller/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/helix/core/PinotHelixResourceManager.java: ########## @@ -1385,7 +1385,9 @@ public void addTable(TableConfig tableConfig) throws IOException { String tableNameWithType = tableConfig.getTableName(); if (getTableConfig(tableNameWithType) != null) { - throw new TableAlreadyExistsException("Table " + tableNameWithType + " already exists"); + throw new TableAlreadyExistsException("Table config for " + tableNameWithType + + " already exists. If this is unexpected, try deleting the table to remove all metadata associated" + + " with it."); Review Comment: qq: if table config already exist. why can't we use the PUT endpoint to modify the streamConfig so that ingestion error could be fixed? any reason we had to delete and re-create again? (is it because the table isn't showing up on UI?) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@pinot.apache.org