pvary commented on code in PR #8907: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8907#discussion_r1413808983
########## hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveTableOperations.java: ########## @@ -162,8 +163,11 @@ protected void doRefresh() { Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); throw new RuntimeException("Interrupted during refresh", e); } - - refreshFromMetadataLocation(metadataLocation, metadataRefreshMaxRetries); + if (table != null && table.getTableType().equalsIgnoreCase(TableType.VIRTUAL_VIEW.name())) { + disableRefresh(); Review Comment: What would it take to throw the correct exception here? How do we end up the same exception, if we avoiding refresh? -- 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: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org