kevinjqliu commented on code in PR #11597: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/11597#discussion_r1870088183
########## hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveCatalog.java: ########## @@ -412,6 +412,40 @@ private void validateTableIsIcebergTableOrView( } } + /** + * Check whether table or metadata table exists. + * + * @param identifier a table identifier + * @return true if the table exists, false otherwise Review Comment: nit, should we note the behavior for when there's a conflicting hive table? -- 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