rdblue commented on code in PR #8907:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8907#discussion_r1414721657
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hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveCatalog.java:
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@@ -264,6 +269,162 @@ public void renameTable(TableIdentifier from,
TableIdentifier originalTo) {
}
}
+ @Override
+ public boolean viewExists(TableIdentifier identifier) {
+ return HiveCatalogUtil.isTableWithTypeExists(clients, identifier,
TableType.VIRTUAL_VIEW);
Review Comment:
What is the rationale for storing an Iceberg view as a VIRTUAL_VIEW type?
Shouldn't we just use a different `table_type` property like `iceberg-view`?
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