prestodb/presto · error · PrestoException

INVALID_PROCEDURE_ARGUMENT

INVALID_PROCEDURE_ARGUMENT

Error message

input partition column names doesn't match actual partition column names

What it means

Procedure-argument validation: the partition column names supplied to create_empty_partition do not equal the table's actual partition column set (order or names differ), so the target partition cannot be identified.

Source

Thrown at presto-hive/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/hive/CreateEmptyPartitionProcedure.java:115

    public void createEmptyPartition(ConnectorSession session, String schema, String table, List<Object> partitionColumnNames, List<Object> partitionValues)
    {
        try (ThreadContextClassLoader ignored = new ThreadContextClassLoader(getClass().getClassLoader())) {
            doCreateEmptyPartition(session, schema, table, partitionColumnNames, partitionValues);
        }
    }

    private void doCreateEmptyPartition(ConnectorSession session, String schema, String table, List<Object> partitionColumnNames, List<Object> partitionValues)
    {
        TransactionalMetadata hiveMetadata = hiveMetadataFactory.get();

        HiveInsertTableHandle hiveInsertTableHandle = (HiveInsertTableHandle) hiveMetadata.beginInsert(session, new HiveTableHandle(schema, table));

        List<String> actualPartitionColumnNames = hiveInsertTableHandle.getInputColumns().stream()
                .filter(HiveColumnHandle::isPartitionKey)
                .map(HiveColumnHandle::getName)
                .collect(toImmutableList());
        if (!Objects.equals(partitionColumnNames, actualPartitionColumnNames)) {
            throw new PrestoException(INVALID_PROCEDURE_ARGUMENT, "input partition column names doesn't match actual partition column names");
        }

        List<String> partitionStringValues = partitionValues.stream()
                .map(String.class::cast)
                .collect(toImmutableList());

        if (metastore.getPartition(new MetastoreContext(
                        session.getIdentity(),
                        session.getQueryId(),
                        session.getClientInfo(),
                        session.getClientTags(),
                        session.getSource(),
                        getMetastoreHeaders(session),
                        false,
                        HiveColumnConverterProvider.DEFAULT_COLUMN_CONVERTER_PROVIDER,
                        session.getWarningCollector(),
                        session.getRuntimeStats()),
                schema,

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Solutions

1. List the table's partition columns (SHOW CREATE TABLE) and pass them exactly
2. Fix ordering or spelling of the names argument

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at presto-hive/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/hive/CreateEmptyPartitionProcedure.java:115 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of prestodb/presto@55bb57d202 (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/4adf62df8a6da34a. Report an issue: GitHub.