talatuyarer commented on code in PR #17873:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17873#discussion_r4008551109


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flink/v2.3/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/FlinkCatalog.java:
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@@ -378,40 +437,82 @@ private Table loadIcebergTable(ObjectPath tablePath) 
throws TableNotExistExcepti
 
   @Override
   public boolean tableExists(ObjectPath tablePath) throws CatalogException {
-    return icebergCatalog.tableExists(toIdentifier(tablePath));
+    TableIdentifier identifier = toIdentifier(tablePath);
+    return icebergCatalog.tableExists(identifier)
+        || (canBeView(tablePath) && asViewCatalog.viewExists(identifier));
   }
 
   @Override
   public void dropTable(ObjectPath tablePath, boolean ignoreIfNotExists)
       throws TableNotExistException, CatalogException {
+    TableIdentifier identifier = toIdentifier(tablePath);
+
+    boolean dropped;
     try {
-      icebergCatalog.dropTable(toIdentifier(tablePath));
+      dropped = icebergCatalog.dropTable(identifier);
     } catch (org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException e) {
+      // some catalogs signal "not a table" by throwing (e.g. Hive for a view 
entry)
+      if (canBeView(tablePath) && asViewCatalog.dropView(identifier)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       if (!ignoreIfNotExists) {
         throw new TableNotExistException(getName(), tablePath, e);
       }
+
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // others return false for a missing table; keep that
+    // behavior for tables and only consult the view catalog before returning
+    if (!dropped && canBeView(tablePath)) {
+      asViewCatalog.dropView(identifier);

Review Comment:
   Good catch, fixed. Now it throws `TableNotExistException` when nothing was 
dropped and `ignoreIfNotExists` is false.



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