Re: Improve errmsg for publication membership

On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM Ewan Young <kdbase(dot)hack(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > Here is a patch to reword 2 publication error messages:
> >
> > BEFORE/AFTER
> > "relation \"%s\" is already member of publication \"%s\"",
> > "relation \"%s\" is already a member of publication \"%s\"",
> >
> > BEFORE/AFTER
> > "schema \"%s\" is already member of publication \"%s\"",
> > "schema \"%s\" is already a member of publication \"%s\"",
> >
> > ~~~
> >
> > All other 'member of' error messages in PostgreSQL source are using
> > correct grammar ('a member of'), so IMO these should do likewise.
> >
> > PSA v1.
>
> Thanks. Patch applies cleanly on master, the wording fix matches all other
> 'member of' messages in the tree, and make check passes (245/245). LGTM.
>

LGTM as well. I think it is a minor inconsistency and we should fix it
only in HEAD. If so, we can probably wait for the PG20 branch to open
as this is not newly introduced in PG19.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.