Re: Skipping schema changes in publication

On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM vignesh C <vignesh21(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the comments, the attached v58 version patch has the
> changes for the same.
>

Thanks for the patches. I reviewed and tested v58-0001, and here are a
few comments:

1) alter_publication.sgml
+<phrase>where <replaceable
class="parameter">publication_set_object</replaceable> is one
of:</phrase>
+
+ EXCEPT TABLE [ ONLY ] ( <replaceable
class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [, ... ] )

Should ONLY be moved inside parentheses(), as it applies per table:-
EXCEPT TABLE ( [ ONLY ] table_name [, ...] )

2) publicationcmds.c
postgres=# alter publication pub2 set EXCEPT TABLE (t3);
ERROR: publication "pub2" is not defined as FOR ALL TABLES
DETAIL: EXCEPT Tables cannot be added to publications that are not
defined as FOR ALL TABLES.

The DETAIL message “EXCEPT Tables cannot be added …” could be adjusted , e.g.,
EXCEPT tables cannot be added ...
or
EXCEPT TABLE cannot be used for publications ...

3) gram.y
The comments above "AlterPublicationStmt:" should be updated for the
newly supported command.

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Thanks,
Nisha