prestodb/presto · error · PrestoException

NOT_SUPPORTED

NOT_SUPPORTED

Error message

This connector does not support get views

What it means

getNativeIcebergView loads a view from a native Iceberg catalog. Views are only available when the underlying catalog implements the ViewCatalog interface; if the configured catalog (Hadoop/Hive-metastore flavor, etc.) does not support views, the connector throws NOT_SUPPORTED rather than attempting an unsupported cast.

Source

Thrown at presto-iceberg/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/iceberg/IcebergUtil.java:314

                hdfsEnvironment,
                hdfsContext,
                config,
                manifestFileCache,
                table.getSchemaName(),
                table.getTableName());
        return new BaseTable(operations, fullTableName(catalogName.getCatalogName(), TableIdentifier.of(table.getSchemaName(), table.getTableName())));
    }

    public static Table getNativeIcebergTable(IcebergNativeCatalogFactory catalogFactory, ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName table)
    {
        return catalogFactory.getCatalog(session).loadTable(toIcebergTableIdentifier(table, catalogFactory.isNestedNamespaceEnabled()));
    }

    public static View getNativeIcebergView(IcebergNativeCatalogFactory catalogFactory, ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName table)
    {
        Catalog catalog = catalogFactory.getCatalog(session);
        if (!(catalog instanceof ViewCatalog)) {
            throw new PrestoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "This connector does not support get views");
        }
        return ((ViewCatalog) catalog).loadView(toIcebergTableIdentifier(getBaseSchemaTableName(table), catalogFactory.isNestedNamespaceEnabled()));
    }

    /**
     * Removes Iceberg-specific suffixes from the table name
     */
    private static SchemaTableName getBaseSchemaTableName(SchemaTableName table)
    {
        IcebergTableName icebergTableName = IcebergTableName.from(table.getTableName());
        return new SchemaTableName(table.getSchemaName(), icebergTableName.getTableName());
    }

    public static TableOperations opsFromTable(Table table)
    {
        if (table instanceof BaseTransaction.TransactionTable) {
            return ((BaseTransaction.TransactionTable) table).operations();
        }

View on GitHub (pinned to 55bb57d202)

Solutions

1. Configure a catalog implementation that supports views (implements ViewCatalog), e.g. a JDBC or REST/nested-namespace catalog with view support.
2. Move views out of this catalog into one that supports them, or replace views with tables.
3. Check the Iceberg runtime version bundled with Presto for ViewCatalog availability.

Example fix

// before (properties)
iceberg.catalog.type=hadoop
// after
iceberg.catalog.type=jdbc  # a catalog supporting views

Catalog catalog = catalogFactory.getCatalog(session);
if (!(catalog instanceof ViewCatalog)) {
    // skip view handling or route to a view-capable catalog
}

boolean catalogSupportsViews(IcebergNativeCatalogFactory factory, ConnectorSession session) {
    return factory.getCatalog(session) instanceof ViewCatalog;
}

try {
    View view = IcebergUtil.getNativeIcebergView(catalogFactory, session, name);
} catch (PrestoException e) {
    if (e.getErrorCode() == NOT_SUPPORTED.toErrorCode() &&
        e.getMessage().contains("does not support get views")) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
            "Catalog " + catalog.getClass().getSimpleName() + " has no view support; use a JDBC/REST catalog", e);
    }
    throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling getNativeIcebergView (e.g. via SHOW CREATE VIEW, SELECT from a view, or metadata listing) when catalogFactory.getCatalog(session) returns a Catalog that is not a ViewCatalog.

Common situations: Using an Iceberg catalog implementation without view support (older Iceberg runtime or Hadoop catalog) while queries reference views; environment misconfiguration pointing the connector at a catalog type that lacks view tables; version downgrade removing ViewCatalog support.

Understand the failure class

Background: Presto NOT_SUPPORTED error: what "not supported" means and how to fix it — this error's family across 3 libraries.

Related errors

• VIEW_NOT_FOUND
• NOT_SUPPORTED
• Not an Iceberg table: ${getSchemaTableName()}
• Table not found: ${new SchemaTableName(database, tableName)}
• NOT_SUPPORTED

AI-assisted analysis of prestodb/presto@55bb57d202 (2026-09-04). Data as JSON: /api/errors/be989c5db9679f7f. Report an issue: GitHub.