rebased from main

pyiceberg/catalog/sql.py

@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ def create_table(
         schema: Schema = self._convert_schema_if_needed(schema)  # type: ignore
 
         database_name, table_name = self.identifier_to_database_and_table(identifier)
-        if not self._namespace_exists(database_name):
-            self.create_namespace(database_name)
-
         location = self._resolve_table_location(location, database_name, table_name)
         metadata_location = self._get_metadata_location(location=location)
         metadata = new_table_metadata(
@@ -539,10 +536,6 @@ def list_namespaces(self, namespace: Union[str, Identifier] = ()) -> List[Identi
         Raises:
             NoSuchNamespaceError: If a namespace with the given name does not exist.
         """
-        # Hierarchical namespace is not supported. Return an empty list
-        if namespace:
-            return []
-
         if namespace and not self._namespace_exists(namespace):
             raise NoSuchNamespaceError(f"Namespace does not exist: {namespace}")
 

tests/cli/test_console.py

@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def test_rename_table_does_not_exists(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
     runner = CliRunner()
     result = runner.invoke(run, ["rename", "default.doesnotexist", "default.bar"])
     assert result.exit_code == 1
-    assert result.output == "Namespace does not exist: default\n"
+    assert result.output == "Table does not exist: ('default', 'doesnotexist')\n"
 
 
 def test_properties_get_table(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ def test_json_rename_table_does_not_exists(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
     runner = CliRunner()
     result = runner.invoke(run, ["--output=json", "rename", "default.doesnotexist", "default.bar"])
     assert result.exit_code == 1
-    assert result.output == """{"type": "NoSuchNamespaceError", "message": "Namespace does not exist: default"}\n"""
+    assert result.output == """{"type": "NoSuchTableError", "message": "Table does not exist: ('default', 'doesnotexist')"}\n"""
 
 
 def test_json_properties_get_table(catalog: Catalog) -> None: