prestodb/presto · error · PrestoException

NOT_SUPPORTED

NOT_SUPPORTED

Error message

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What it means

OrcFileWriter's constructor builds an ORC/DWRF OrcWriter for the target file. If the underlying writer construction throws a NotSupportedException (an operation the ORC writer does not support, such as an unsupported compression, encoding, DWRF encryption, or writer feature), Presto rethrows it as a NOT_SUPPORTED PrestoException carrying the original message. The failure occurs before any rows are written.

Source

Thrown at presto-hive/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/hive/OrcFileWriter.java:185

        try {
            orcWriter = new OrcWriter(
                    dataSink,
                    columnNames,
                    fileColumnTypes,
                    fileColumnOrcTypes,
                    orcEncoding,
                    compression,
                    dwrfWriterEncryption,
                    dwrfEncryptionProvider,
                    options,
                    metadata,
                    hiveStorageTimeZone,
                    validationInputFactory.isPresent(),
                    validationMode,
                    stats);
        }
        catch (NotSupportedException e) {
            throw new PrestoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, e.getMessage(), e);
        }

        this.rollbackAction = requireNonNull(rollbackAction, "rollbackAction is null");

        this.fileInputColumnIndexes = requireNonNull(fileInputColumnIndexes, "outputColumnInputIndexes is null");

        ImmutableList.Builder<Block> nullBlocks = ImmutableList.builder();
        for (Type fileColumnType : fileColumnTypes) {
            BlockBuilder blockBuilder = fileColumnType.createBlockBuilder(null, 1, 0);
            blockBuilder.appendNull();
            nullBlocks.add(blockBuilder.build());
        }
        this.nullBlocks = nullBlocks.build();
        this.validationInputFactory = validationInputFactory;
    }

    @Override
    public long getWrittenBytes()

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Solutions

1. Remove or change the unsupported session/table ORC property (compression codec, orc_writer_* settings, DWRF encryption) to a supported value.
2. Check the exception message (it carries e.getMessage()) to identify the exact unsupported feature and configure a supported alternative.
3. Downgrade the requested writer options or upgrade Presto to a version supporting the feature.
4. If DWRF encryption is involved, verify dwrfEncryptionProvider and writer encryption config are correctly set up.

Example fix

// before: unsupported compression requested
CREATE TABLE t (...) WITH (format='ORC', orc_compression='UNSUPPORTED_CODEC');

// after: use a supported codec
CREATE TABLE t (...) WITH (format='ORC', orc_compression='ZSTD');

-- Validate ORC table properties before creating tables
SELECT * FROM system.metadata.table_properties WHERE name LIKE 'orc_%';
-- Confirm requested compression/encryption is in the supported set for your Presto version

boolean orcOptionsSupported(String compression, boolean dwrfEncryption) {
    return Set.of("NONE","SNAPPY","ZLIB","ZSTD","LZ4").contains(compression)
        && (!dwrfEncryption || dwrfEncryptionProviderConfigured);
}

When it happens

Trigger: Creating an ORC/DWRF file writer (new OrcFileWriter) where the OrcWriter constructor throws NotSupportedException — e.g. unsupported compression codec requested via session/table properties, unsupported DWRF writer encryption settings, or an unsupported validation mode/feature combination.

Common situations: Session or table properties requesting an ORC feature (compression, encryption, bloom filters, writer type) not supported by the deployed ORC writer; DWRF encryption configured without proper providers; writing to a format with options that changed between Presto versions.

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

• NOT_SUPPORTED
• HIVE_UNSUPPORTED_ENCRYPTION_OPERATION
• NOT_SUPPORTED
• NOT_SUPPORTED
• NOT_SUPPORTED

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