eric-maynard commented on code in PR #1368:
URL: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/1368#discussion_r2045059803


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plugins/spark/v3.5/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/spark/SparkCatalog.java:
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@@ -161,33 +163,59 @@ public Table createTable(
 
   @Override
   public Table alterTable(Identifier ident, TableChange... changes) throws 
NoSuchTableException {
-    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("alterTable");
+    try {
+      return this.icebergsSparkCatalog.alterTable(ident, changes);
+    } catch (NoSuchTableException e) {
+      Table table = this.polarisSparkCatalog.loadTable(ident);
+      String provider = 
table.properties().get(PolarisCatalogUtils.TABLE_PROVIDER_KEY);
+      if (PolarisCatalogUtils.useDelta(provider)) {
+        // For delta table, most of the alter operations is a delta log 
manipulation,
+        // we load the delta catalog to help handling the alter table 
operation.
+        // NOTE: This currently doesn't work for changing file location and 
file format

Review Comment:
   Sounds good! As long as the error surfaces to the user some way, I think 
it's fine



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