prestodb/presto · error · SemanticException

VIEW_PARSE_ERROR

VIEW_PARSE_ERROR

Error message

Failed parsing stored view '%s': %s

What it means

Show-queries rewrite error: the stored view definition text for the named relation could not be re-parsed by the SQL parser (either the stored text is corrupted or was written by an incompatible older syntax). The %s pair gives the view name and the underlying parser error message.

Source

Thrown at presto-main-base/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/sql/rewrite/ShowQueriesRewrite.java:888

                            aliasedName("value", "Value"),
                            aliasedName("default", "Default"),
                            aliasedName("type", "Type"),
                            aliasedName("description", "Description")),
                    aliased(
                            new Values(rows.build()),
                            "session",
                            ImmutableList.of("name", "value", "default", "type", "description", "include")),
                    predicate);
        }

        private Query parseView(String view, QualifiedObjectName name, Node node)
        {
            try {
                Statement statement = sqlParser.createStatement(view, createParsingOptions(session, warningCollector));
                return (Query) statement;
            }
            catch (ParsingException e) {
                throw new SemanticException(VIEW_PARSE_ERROR, node, "Failed parsing stored view '%s': %s", name, e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        private static Relation from(String catalog, SchemaTableName table)
        {
            return table(QualifiedName.of(catalog, table.getSchemaName(), table.getTableName()));
        }

        private static Optional<OrderBy> orderBy(List<SortItem> sortItems)
        {
            requireNonNull(sortItems, "sortItems is null");
            if (sortItems.isEmpty()) {
                return Optional.empty();
            }
            return Optional.of(new OrderBy(sortItems));
        }

        @Override

View on GitHub (pinned to 55bb57d202)

Solutions

1. Re-create the view with current syntax (CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW)
2. Inspect the stored definition in the connector metadata and fix invalid SQL
3. Upgrade/migrate views created by an older Presto version

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at presto-main-base/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/sql/rewrite/ShowQueriesRewrite.java:888 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/c076b64e9462c8c4. Report an issue: GitHub.