pvary commented on code in PR #9432: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/9432#discussion_r1444331653
########## hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/MetastoreUtil.java: ########## @@ -72,6 +73,23 @@ public static void alterTable( env.putAll(extraEnv); env.put(StatsSetupConst.DO_NOT_UPDATE_STATS, StatsSetupConst.TRUE); - ALTER_TABLE.invoke(client, databaseName, tblName, table, new EnvironmentContext(env)); + try { + ALTER_TABLE.invoke(client, databaseName, tblName, table, new EnvironmentContext(env)); + } catch (RuntimeException e) { Review Comment: How widely is `alterTable` used? Wouldn't it be better (more general solution) to expose the wrapped `MetaException` instead? -- 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