From add8422837e2598a7073bdeb1dbd1e47bf3d1d47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Kerl <kerl.john.r@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:53:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] apply in _ingest_uns_ndarray

---
 apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/io/ingest.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/io/ingest.py b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/io/ingest.py
index a008960e44..aef011f998 100644
--- a/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/io/ingest.py
+++ b/apis/python/src/tiledbsoma/io/ingest.py
@@ -2750,8 +2750,6 @@ def _ingest_uns_ndarray(
         logging.log_io(msg, msg)
         return
     try:
-        soma_arr = _factory.open(arr_uri, "w", soma_type=DenseNDArray, context=context)
-    except DoesNotExistError:
         soma_arr = DenseNDArray.create(
             arr_uri,
             type=pa_dtype,
@@ -2759,6 +2757,8 @@ def _ingest_uns_ndarray(
             platform_config=platform_config,
             context=context,
         )
+    except AlreadyExistsError:
+        soma_arr = _factory.open(arr_uri, "w", soma_type=DenseNDArray, context=context)
 
     # If resume mode: don't re-write existing data. This is the user's explicit request
     # that we not re-write things that have already been written.