amogh-jahagirdar commented on code in PR #9754:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/9754#discussion_r1494852170
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/RESTSessionCatalog.java:
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@@ -717,8 +718,15 @@ public Transaction createTransaction() {
@Override
public Transaction replaceTransaction() {
- if (viewExists(context, ident)) {
- throw new AlreadyExistsException("View with same name already exists:
%s", ident);
+ try {
+ if (viewExists(context, ident)) {
+ throw new AlreadyExistsException("View with same name already
exists: %s", ident);
+ }
+ } catch (RESTException | UnsupportedOperationException e) {
+ // don't fail if the server doesn't support views, which could be due
to:
+ // 1. server or backing catalog doesn't support views
+ // 2. newer client talks to an older server that doesn't support views
+ LOG.debug("Could not check whether view exists: {}", ident, e);
Review Comment:
"Could not determine if view {} already exists"?
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