pvary commented on code in PR #9432:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/9432#discussion_r1444331653


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hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/MetastoreUtil.java:
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@@ -72,6 +73,23 @@ public static void alterTable(
     env.putAll(extraEnv);
     env.put(StatsSetupConst.DO_NOT_UPDATE_STATS, StatsSetupConst.TRUE);
 
-    ALTER_TABLE.invoke(client, databaseName, tblName, table, new 
EnvironmentContext(env));
+    try {
+      ALTER_TABLE.invoke(client, databaseName, tblName, table, new 
EnvironmentContext(env));
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {

Review Comment:
   How widely is `alterTable` used?
   Wouldn't it be better (more general solution) to expose the wrapped 
`MetaException` instead?



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