Re: Support EXCEPT for TABLES IN SCHEMA publications

[shveta malik]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM Nisha Moond <nisha.moond...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> postgres=# alter publication pub2 add table t_part_p1;
> ERROR:  cannot add table "public.t_part_p1" to publication "pub2"
> DETAIL:  Partition ancestor "public.t_part" of table
> "public.t_part_p1" is currently listed in the EXCEPT clause of the
> publication.
> HINT:  Change EXCEPT list using ALTER PUBLICATION ... SET TABLES IN
> SCHEMA ... EXCEPT.
> ~~~

Thanks. Do you think we should restrict this case too? To me, this
seems like another variation of the above where conflicting entries
are given at the time of sub-creation itself. The root is excluded but
parittion is included .

postgres=# create publication pub1 for table s2.tab_part_1, tables in
schema s2 except (table tab_root);
CREATE PUBLICATION
postgres=# \dRp+
                                                      Publication pub1
 Owner  | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes |
Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description
--------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
 shveta | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t
        | none              | f        |
Tables:
    "s2.tab_part_1"
Tables from schemas:
    "s2"
Except tables:
    "s2.tab_root"

thanks
Shveta