hibernate/hibernate-orm · error · UnsupportedOperationException

No drop catalog syntax supported by {className}

Error message

No drop catalog syntax supported by {className}

What it means

Error "No drop catalog syntax supported by {className}" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.

Source

Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java:4127

	 * Get the SQL command used to create the named catalog.
	 *
	 * @param catalogName The name of the catalog to be created.
	 *
	 * @return The creation commands
	 */
	public String[] getCreateCatalogCommand(String catalogName) {
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "No create catalog syntax supported by " + getClass().getName() );
	}

	/**
	 * Get the SQL command used to drop the named catalog.
	 *
	 * @param catalogName The name of the catalog to be dropped.
	 *
	 * @return The drop commands
	 */
	public String[] getDropCatalogCommand(String catalogName) {
		throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "No drop catalog syntax supported by " + getClass().getName() );
	}

	/**
	 * Does this dialect support creating and dropping schema?
	 *
	 * @return True if the dialect supports schema creation; false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean canCreateSchema() {
		return true;
	}

	/**
	 * For creating a schema, can the phrase {@code if not exists}
	 * be applied before the schema name?
	 *
	 * @return {@code true} if {@code if not exists} can be applied
	 *         before the schema name
	 */

View on GitHub (pinned to fad1729dce)

Solutions

1. Disable catalog dropping in schema management settings.
2. Drop catalogs manually with native DDL.

When it happens

Trigger: Triggered when the application calls a Hibernate dialect feature that the configured database dialect cannot provide: No drop catalog syntax supported by the dialect class.

Common situations: Common when running against a database whose dialect lacks this capability, when a mapping or HQL/Criteria query requests unsupported functionality, or when the wrong dialect is configured for the database in use. Error: No drop catalog syntax supported by the dialect class.

AI-assisted analysis of hibernate/hibernate-orm@fad1729dce (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7b703c51c483c36f. Report an issue: GitHub.