v5-0001-Support-EXCEPT-clause-for-schema-level-publicatio.patch

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Filename: v5-0001-Support-EXCEPT-clause-for-schema-level-publicatio.patch
Type: application/octet-stream
Part: 0
Message: Re: Support EXCEPT for TABLES IN SCHEMA publications
From 906bb9a40f1d5e75dd5ff43409fda5e86dc03b01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 12:49:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/3] Support EXCEPT clause for schema-level publications

Extend table exclusion support in publications to allow specific
tables to be excluded from schema-level publications using an
EXCEPT clause in CREATE PUBLICATION.

Supported syntax:
CREATE PUBLICATION <pub> FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA s EXCEPT (TABLE t1,...);
---
 doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml       |   3 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml    |  20 ++-
 src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c        | 107 ++++++++++++---
 src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c      |  52 ++++++++
 src/backend/parser/gram.y                   |  53 +++++++-
 src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c |  34 ++++-
 src/bin/psql/describe.c                     |  18 +++
 src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c              |  37 +++++-
 src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h              |   1 +
 src/test/regress/expected/publication.out   |  56 +++++++-
 src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql        |  35 ++++-
 src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl       | 139 +++++++++++++++++++-
 12 files changed, 519 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
index 9e7868487de..1433d2660fe 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
    or <literal>FOR ALL SEQUENCES</literal>. Unlike tables, sequences can be
    synchronized at any time. For more information, see
    <xref linkend="logical-replication-sequences"/>. When a publication is
-   created with <literal>FOR ALL TABLES</literal>, a table or set of tables can
+   created with <literal>FOR ALL TABLES</literal> or
+   <literal>FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>, a table or set of tables can
    be explicitly excluded from publication using the
    <link linkend="sql-createpublication-params-for-except-table"><literal>EXCEPT</literal></link>
    clause.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
index f82d640e6ca..f9ee7a1a4cf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
 <phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">publication_object</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
 
     TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">table_and_columns</replaceable> [, ... ]
-    TABLES IN SCHEMA { <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> | CURRENT_SCHEMA } [, ... ]
+    TABLES IN SCHEMA <replaceable class="parameter">tables_in_schema</replaceable> [, ... ]
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">publication_all_object</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
 
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
 
     <replaceable class="parameter">table_object</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ] [ WHERE ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) ]
 
+<phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">tables_in_schema</replaceable> is:</phrase>
+
+    { <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> | CURRENT_SCHEMA } [ EXCEPT ( <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ]
+
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
     TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">table_object</replaceable> [, ... ]
@@ -142,6 +146,8 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
      <para>
       Marks the publication as one that replicates changes for all tables in
       the specified list of schemas, including tables created in the future.
+      Tables listed in <literal>EXCEPT</literal> for a given schema are
+      excluded from the publication.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -198,7 +204,8 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       This clause specifies a list of tables to be excluded from the
-      publication.
+      publication. It can be used with <literal>FOR ALL TABLES</literal> or
+      <literal>FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>.
      </para>
      <para>
       For inherited tables, if <literal>ONLY</literal> is specified before the
@@ -515,6 +522,15 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION production_publication FOR TABLE users, departments, TABLES I
 CREATE PUBLICATION sales_publication FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA marketing, sales;
 </programlisting></para>
 
+  <para>
+   Create a publication that publishes all changes for all the tables present in
+   the schema <structname>sales</structname>, except
+   <structname>internal</structname> and <structname>drafts</structname>:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE PUBLICATION sales_filtered FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sales EXCEPT (TABLE internal, drafts);
+</programlisting>
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    Create a publication that publishes all changes for table <structname>users</structname>,
    but replicates only columns <structname>user_id</structname> and
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
index a43d385c605..85c2528873f 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ publication_add_relation(Oid pubid, PublicationRelInfo *pri,
 				referenced;
 	List	   *relids = NIL;
 	int			i;
+	HeapTuple	existing;
 	bool		inval_except_table;
 
 	rel = table_open(PublicationRelRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
@@ -538,18 +539,33 @@ publication_add_relation(Oid pubid, PublicationRelInfo *pri,
 	 * duplicates, it's here just to provide nicer error message in common
 	 * case. The real protection is the unique key on the catalog.
 	 */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists2(PUBLICATIONRELMAP, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(pubid)))
+	existing = SearchSysCache2(PUBLICATIONRELMAP, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
+							   ObjectIdGetDatum(pubid));
+
+	if (HeapTupleIsValid(existing))
 	{
+		Form_pg_publication_rel existing_form =
+			(Form_pg_publication_rel) GETSTRUCT(existing);
+		bool		is_except = existing_form->prexcept;
+
+		ReleaseSysCache(existing);
 		table_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
 
 		if (if_not_exists)
 			return InvalidObjectAddress;
 
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("relation \"%s\" is already member of publication \"%s\"",
-						RelationGetRelationName(targetrel), pub->name)));
+		if (is_except)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
+					 errmsg("table \"%s.%s\" cannot be added because it is listed in EXCEPT clause of publication \"%s\"",
+							get_namespace_name(RelationGetNamespace(targetrel)),
+							RelationGetRelationName(targetrel),
+							pub->name)));
+		else
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
+					 errmsg("relation \"%s\" is already member of publication \"%s\"",
+							RelationGetRelationName(targetrel), pub->name)));
 	}
 
 	check_publication_add_relation(pri);
@@ -620,19 +636,24 @@ publication_add_relation(Oid pubid, PublicationRelInfo *pri,
 	/*
 	 * Determine whether EXCEPT tables require explicit relcache invalidation.
 	 *
-	 * For CREATE PUBLICATION with EXCEPT tables, invalidation is skipped
-	 * here, as CreatePublication() function invalidates all relations as part
-	 * of defining a FOR ALL TABLES publication.
+	 * For CREATE PUBLICATION with EXCEPT tables, invalidation is skipped here
+	 * because the excluded tables were never included in the publication, so
+	 * no subscriber cache entry needs to be cleared.
+	 *
+	 * For ALTER PUBLICATION, invalidation is needed when adding an EXCEPT
+	 * table to either: - a FOR ALL TABLES publication (pub->alltables is
+	 * true), or - a FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA publication (is_schema_publication
+	 * is true).
 	 *
-	 * For ALTER PUBLICATION, invalidation is needed only when adding an
-	 * EXCEPT table to a publication already marked as ALL TABLES. For
-	 * publications that were originally empty or defined as ALL SEQUENCES and
-	 * are being converted to ALL TABLES, invalidation is skipped here, as
-	 * AlterPublicationAllFlags() function invalidates all relations while
-	 * marking the publication as ALL TABLES publication.
+	 * The exception: when a publication is being converted to FOR ALL TABLES
+	 * (pub->alltables is still false at this point),
+	 * AlterPublicationAllFlags() will perform a full invalidation, so we skip
+	 * it here.
 	 */
-	inval_except_table = (alter_stmt != NULL) && pub->alltables &&
-		(alter_stmt->for_all_tables && pri->except);
+	inval_except_table = (alter_stmt != NULL) && pri->except &&
+		(pub->alltables
+		 ? alter_stmt->for_all_tables
+		 : is_schema_publication(pubid));
 
 	if (!pri->except || inval_except_table)
 	{
@@ -975,7 +996,8 @@ GetIncludedPublicationRelations(Oid pubid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
  * Gets list of table oids that were specified in the EXCEPT clause for a
  * publication.
  *
- * This should only be used FOR ALL TABLES publications.
+ * This is used for FOR ALL TABLES and FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA publications,
+ * both of which support EXCEPT TABLE.
  */
 List *
 GetExcludedPublicationTables(Oid pubid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
@@ -1225,22 +1247,67 @@ GetSchemaPublicationRelations(Oid schemaid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
 
 /*
  * Gets the list of all relations published by FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA
- * publication.
+ * publication, excluding any tables listed in the EXCEPT clause.
  */
 List *
 GetAllSchemaPublicationRelations(Oid pubid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
 {
 	List	   *result = NIL;
 	List	   *pubschemalist = GetPublicationSchemas(pubid);
+	List	   *exceptlist = NIL;
 	ListCell   *cell;
 
+	/* get the list of tables excluded via EXCEPT TABLE for this publication */
+	if (pubschemalist != NIL)
+		exceptlist = get_publication_relations(pubid, pub_partopt, true);
+
 	foreach(cell, pubschemalist)
 	{
 		Oid			schemaid = lfirst_oid(cell);
 		List	   *schemaRels = NIL;
 
 		schemaRels = GetSchemaPublicationRelations(schemaid, pub_partopt);
-		result = list_concat(result, schemaRels);
+
+		if (exceptlist != NIL)
+		{
+			/* filter out any tables that appear in the EXCEPT list */
+			ListCell   *rlc;
+
+			foreach(rlc, schemaRels)
+			{
+				Oid			relid = lfirst_oid(rlc);
+				bool		excluded = list_member_oid(exceptlist, relid);
+
+				/*
+				 * Also exclude any relation whose partition ancestor is in
+				 * the EXCEPT list.  This matters when pub_partopt is
+				 * PUBLICATION_PART_ROOT: the except list holds only the root
+				 * OID, but the schema scan may also return individual
+				 * partition relations that live in the same schema.
+				 */
+				if (!excluded && get_rel_relispartition(relid))
+				{
+					List	   *ancestors = get_partition_ancestors(relid);
+					ListCell   *alc;
+
+					foreach(alc, ancestors)
+					{
+						if (list_member_oid(exceptlist, lfirst_oid(alc)))
+						{
+							excluded = true;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					list_free(ancestors);
+				}
+
+				if (!excluded)
+					result = lappend_oid(result, relid);
+			}
+			list_free(schemaRels);
+		}
+		else
+			result = list_concat(result, schemaRels);
 	}
 
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
index 440adb356ad..dfe3e1f9706 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
@@ -959,6 +959,8 @@ CreatePublication(ParseState *pstate, CreatePublicationStmt *stmt)
 	}
 	else if (!stmt->for_all_sequences)
 	{
+		List	   *explicitrelids = NIL;
+
 		/* FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA requires superuser */
 		if (schemaidlist != NIL && !superuser())
 			ereport(ERROR,
@@ -968,6 +970,7 @@ CreatePublication(ParseState *pstate, CreatePublicationStmt *stmt)
 		if (relations != NIL)
 		{
 			List	   *rels;
+			ListCell   *lc;
 
 			rels = OpenTableList(relations);
 			TransformPubWhereClauses(rels, pstate->p_sourcetext,
@@ -977,6 +980,23 @@ CreatePublication(ParseState *pstate, CreatePublicationStmt *stmt)
 									   schemaidlist != NIL,
 									   publish_via_partition_root);
 
+			/*
+			 * Collect explicit table OIDs now, before we close the relation
+			 * list, so that except-table validation below can check for
+			 * contradictions without relying on a catalog scan that might not
+			 * yet see the just-inserted rows.
+			 */
+			if (exceptrelations != NIL)
+			{
+				foreach(lc, rels)
+				{
+					PublicationRelInfo *pri = (PublicationRelInfo *) lfirst(lc);
+
+					explicitrelids = lappend_oid(explicitrelids,
+												 RelationGetRelid(pri->relation));
+				}
+			}
+
 			PublicationAddTables(puboid, rels, true, NULL);
 			CloseTableList(rels);
 		}
@@ -989,6 +1009,38 @@ CreatePublication(ParseState *pstate, CreatePublicationStmt *stmt)
 			 */
 			LockSchemaList(schemaidlist);
 			PublicationAddSchemas(puboid, schemaidlist, true, NULL);
+
+			if (exceptrelations != NIL)
+			{
+				List	   *rels;
+				ListCell   *lc;
+
+				rels = OpenTableList(exceptrelations);
+
+				/*
+				 * Validate that each excluded table is not also in the
+				 * explicit table list (which would be contradictory). Use
+				 * the in-memory explicitrelids collected above rather than
+				 * re-reading the catalog, which may not yet see the
+				 * just-inserted rows.
+				 */
+				foreach(lc, rels)
+				{
+					PublicationRelInfo *pri = (PublicationRelInfo *) lfirst(lc);
+					Oid			relid = RelationGetRelid(pri->relation);
+					Oid			relns = RelationGetNamespace(pri->relation);
+
+					if (list_member_oid(explicitrelids, relid))
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+								errmsg("table \"%s.%s\" cannot appear in both the table list and the EXCEPT clause",
+									   get_namespace_name(relns),
+									   RelationGetRelationName(pri->relation)));
+				}
+
+				PublicationAddTables(puboid, rels, true, NULL);
+				CloseTableList(rels);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index ff4e1388c55..cd8d0453521 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -11272,7 +11272,7 @@ AlterOwnerStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE aggregate_with_argtypes OWNER TO RoleSpec
  * pub_obj is one of:
  *
  *		TABLE table [, ...]
- *		TABLES IN SCHEMA schema [, ...]
+ *		TABLES IN SCHEMA schema [EXCEPT ( table [, ...] )] [, ...]
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -11332,23 +11332,26 @@ PublicationObjSpec:
 					$$->pubtable->columns = $3;
 					$$->pubtable->whereClause = $4;
 				}
-			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA ColId
+			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA ColId opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLES_IN_SCHEMA;
 					$$->name = $4;
+					$$->except_tables = $5;
 					$$->location = @4;
 				}
-			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA CURRENT_SCHEMA
+			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA CURRENT_SCHEMA opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLES_IN_CUR_SCHEMA;
+					$$->except_tables = $5;
 					$$->location = @4;
 				}
-			| ColId opt_column_list OptWhereClause
+			| ColId opt_column_list OptWhereClause opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION;
+					$$->except_tables = $4;
 					/*
 					 * If either a row filter or column list is specified, create
 					 * a PublicationTable object.
@@ -11392,10 +11395,11 @@ PublicationObjSpec:
 					$$->pubtable->columns = $2;
 					$$->pubtable->whereClause = $3;
 				}
-			| CURRENT_SCHEMA
+			| CURRENT_SCHEMA opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION;
+					$$->except_tables = $2;
 					$$->location = @1;
 				}
 				;
@@ -20784,11 +20788,14 @@ preprocess_pub_all_objtype_list(List *all_objects_list, List **pubobjects,
 /*
  * Process pubobjspec_list to check for errors in any of the objects and
  * convert PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION into appropriate PublicationObjSpecType.
+ * Also flattens except_tables from TABLES IN SCHEMA nodes into the list so
+ * that ObjectsInPublicationToOids() sees them as top-level EXCEPT_TABLE entries.
  */
 static void
 preprocess_pubobj_list(List *pubobjspec_list, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
 {
 	ListCell   *cell;
+	ListCell   *lc;
 	PublicationObjSpec *pubobj;
 	PublicationObjSpecType prevobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION;
 
@@ -20812,6 +20819,13 @@ preprocess_pubobj_list(List *pubobjspec_list, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
 
 		if (pubobj->pubobjtype == PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLE)
 		{
+			/* EXCEPT is not valid for table objects */
+			if (pubobj->except_tables != NIL)
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+						errmsg("EXCEPT is not allowed for TABLE publication objects"),
+						parser_errposition(pubobj->location));
+
 			/* relation name or pubtable must be set for this type of object */
 			if (!pubobj->name && !pubobj->pubtable)
 				ereport(ERROR,
@@ -20860,6 +20874,35 @@ preprocess_pubobj_list(List *pubobjspec_list, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
 						errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 						errmsg("invalid schema name"),
 						parser_errposition(pubobj->location));
+
+			/* Flatten EXCEPT entries into the top-level list */
+			foreach(lc, pubobj->except_tables)
+			{
+				PublicationObjSpec *eobj = (PublicationObjSpec *) lfirst(lc);
+
+				/*
+				 * Unqualified names are implicitly qualified with the parent
+				 * schema.  Qualified names must match the parent schema —
+				 * each EXCEPT clause is bound to exactly one schema, so
+				 * cross-schema entries are rejected at parse time.
+				 */
+				if (pubobj->pubobjtype == PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLES_IN_SCHEMA)
+				{
+					if (eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname == NULL)
+						eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname = pubobj->name;
+					else if (strcmp(eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname,
+									pubobj->name) != 0)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+								errmsg("table \"%s.%s\" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema \"%s\"",
+									   eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname,
+									   eobj->pubtable->relation->relname,
+									   pubobj->name),
+								parser_errposition(eobj->location));
+				}
+			}
+			pubobjspec_list = list_concat(pubobjspec_list, pubobj->except_tables);
+			pubobj->except_tables = NIL;
 		}
 
 		prevobjtype = pubobj->pubobjtype;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
index 4ecfcbff7ab..942ddb51d3a 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
@@ -2097,6 +2097,7 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 		 * are absorbed while decoding WAL.
 		 */
 		List	   *schemaPubids = GetSchemaPublications(schemaId);
+		List	   *schemaExceptPubids;
 		ListCell   *lc;
 		Oid			publish_as_relid = relid;
 		int			publish_ancestor_level = 0;
@@ -2104,6 +2105,25 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 		char		relkind = get_rel_relkind(relid);
 		List	   *rel_publications = NIL;
 
+		/*
+		 * For the schema EXCEPT check, we must look up the top-most ancestor
+		 * rather than the relation itself.  check_publication_add_relation()
+		 * prevents individual partitions from appearing in the EXCEPT clause,
+		 * so only a root (non-partition) table can have prexcept = true.
+		 * Using the partition's own OID would always return NIL and miss the
+		 * exclusion.
+		 */
+		if (am_partition)
+		{
+			List	   *pancestore = get_partition_ancestors(relid);
+
+			schemaExceptPubids =
+				GetRelationExcludedPublications(llast_oid(pancestore));
+			list_free(pancestore);
+		}
+		else
+			schemaExceptPubids = GetRelationExcludedPublications(relid);
+
 		/* Reload publications if needed before use. */
 		if (!publications_valid)
 		{
@@ -2269,7 +2289,15 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 															   ancestors,
 															   &level);
 
-					if (ancestor != InvalidOid)
+					/*
+					 * The ancestor is only considered published if it is not
+					 * in the EXCEPT clause of this schema publication.
+					 * GetTopMostAncestorInPublication checks schema
+					 * membership but does not account for the EXCEPT list, so
+					 * we must filter that out here.
+					 */
+					if (ancestor != InvalidOid &&
+						!list_member_oid(schemaExceptPubids, pub->oid))
 					{
 						ancestor_published = true;
 						if (pub->pubviaroot)
@@ -2281,7 +2309,8 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 				}
 
 				if (list_member_oid(pubids, pub->oid) ||
-					list_member_oid(schemaPubids, pub->oid) ||
+					(list_member_oid(schemaPubids, pub->oid) &&
+					 !list_member_oid(schemaExceptPubids, pub->oid)) ||
 					ancestor_published)
 					publish = true;
 			}
@@ -2360,6 +2389,7 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 
 		list_free(pubids);
 		list_free(schemaPubids);
+		list_free(schemaExceptPubids);
 		list_free(rel_publications);
 
 		entry->replicate_valid = true;
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index e1449654f96..e5b1a70e05e 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -7038,6 +7038,24 @@ describePublications(const char *pattern)
 				if (!addFooterToPublicationDesc(&buf, _("Tables from schemas:"),
 												true, &cont))
 					goto error_return;
+
+				if (pset.sversion >= 190000)
+				{
+					/*
+					 * Get tables in the EXCEPT clause for this schema
+					 * publication.
+					 */
+					printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
+									  "SELECT concat(c.relnamespace::regnamespace, '.', c.relname)\n"
+									  "FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c\n"
+									  "     JOIN pg_catalog.pg_publication_rel pr ON c.oid = pr.prrelid\n"
+									  "WHERE pr.prpubid = '%s'\n"
+									  "  AND pr.prexcept\n"
+									  "ORDER BY 1", pubid);
+					if (!addFooterToPublicationDesc(&buf, _("Except tables:"),
+													true, &cont))
+						goto error_return;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
index db65d130fcb..6c9c7552627 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,15 @@ static const SchemaQuery Query_for_trigger_of_table = {
 "SELECT nspname FROM pg_catalog.pg_namespace "\
 " WHERE nspname LIKE '%s'"
 
+#define Query_for_list_of_tables_in_schema \
+"SELECT n.nspname || '.' || c.relname "\
+"  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c "\
+"       JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace "\
+" WHERE c.relkind IN (" CppAsString2(RELKIND_RELATION) ", " \
+						CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE) ") "\
+"   AND (n.nspname || '.' || c.relname) LIKE '%s' "\
+"   AND n.nspname = '%s'"
+
 /* Use COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM with these queries for GUC names: */
 #define Query_for_list_of_alter_system_set_vars \
 "SELECT pg_catalog.lower(name) FROM pg_catalog.pg_settings "\
@@ -3784,8 +3793,32 @@ match_previous_words(int pattern_id,
 		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_PLUS(Query_for_list_of_schemas
 								 " AND nspname NOT LIKE E'pg\\\\_%%'",
 								 "CURRENT_SCHEMA");
-	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny) && (!ends_with(prev_wd, ',')))
-		COMPLETE_WITH("WITH (");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny) && !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("EXCEPT ( TABLE", "WITH (");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT"))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("( TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "("))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE"))
+	{
+		if (strchr(previous_words[3], ',') == NULL)
+		{
+			set_completion_reference(previous_words[3]);
+			COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_tables_in_schema);
+		}
+	}
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+	{
+		char	   *schema_word = previous_words[previous_words_count - 8];
+
+		if (strchr(schema_word, ',') == NULL)
+		{
+			set_completion_reference(schema_word);
+			COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_tables_in_schema);
+		}
+	}
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH(")");
 	/* Complete "CREATE PUBLICATION <name> [...] WITH" */
 	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAnyN, "WITH", "("))
 		COMPLETE_WITH("publish", "publish_generated_columns", "publish_via_partition_root");
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index 91377a6cde3..a9177de0d43 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -4493,6 +4493,7 @@ typedef struct PublicationObjSpec
 	PublicationObjSpecType pubobjtype;	/* type of this publication object */
 	char	   *name;
 	PublicationTable *pubtable;
+	List	   *except_tables;	/* tables to exclude (for TABLES IN SCHEMA) */
 	ParseLoc	location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } PublicationObjSpec;
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
index 0345f6c5e47..e78192edd01 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
@@ -470,7 +470,61 @@ HINT:  Change the publication's EXCEPT clause using ALTER PUBLICATION ... SET AL
 RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE testpub_root, testpub_part1, tab_main;
 DROP PUBLICATION testpub8;
---- Tests for publications with SEQUENCES
+---------------------------------------------
+-- EXCEPT tests for TABLES IN SCHEMA
+---------------------------------------------
+SET client_min_messages = 'ERROR';
+-- Create tables in pub_test for these tests
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1 (a int primary key, b text);
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2 (x int primary key, y text);
+-- Basic: exclude one table from a schema publication
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except1
+                                                      Publication testpub_schema_except1
+          Owner           | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes | Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description 
+--------------------------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
+ regress_publication_user | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t         | none              | f        | 
+Tables from schemas:
+    "pub_test"
+Except tables:
+    "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1"
+
+-- Exclude multiple tables using unqualified names (implicitly qualified with the schema)
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except2
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except2
+                                                      Publication testpub_schema_except2
+          Owner           | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes | Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description 
+--------------------------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
+ regress_publication_user | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t         | none              | f        | 
+Tables from schemas:
+    "pub_test"
+Except tables:
+    "pub_test.testpub_nopk"
+    "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1"
+
+-- fail: EXCEPT is not allowed for FOR TABLE publications
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_err
+    FOR TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, testpub_tbl_s2 EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_nopk);
+ERROR:  EXCEPT is not allowed for TABLE publication objects
+LINE 2:     FOR TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, testpub_tbl_s2 EXCEPT...
+                                               ^
+-- fail: EXCEPT table belongs to a different schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_wrongschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testpub_tbl1);
+ERROR:  table "public.testpub_tbl1" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema "pub_test"
+LINE 2:     FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testp...
+                                                        ^
+-- fail: cross-schema EXCEPT not allowed; each EXCEPT is bound to its immediate schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_crossschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, public EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, public.testpub_tbl1);
+ERROR:  table "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema "public"
+LINE 2: ...R TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, public EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.t...
+                                                             ^
+RESET client_min_messages;
+DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
+DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2;
 CREATE SEQUENCE regress_pub_seq0;
 CREATE SEQUENCE pub_test.regress_pub_seq1;
 -- FOR ALL SEQUENCES
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
index 041e14a4de6..9120902dfac 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
@@ -220,7 +220,40 @@ RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE testpub_root, testpub_part1, tab_main;
 DROP PUBLICATION testpub8;
 
---- Tests for publications with SEQUENCES
+---------------------------------------------
+-- EXCEPT tests for TABLES IN SCHEMA
+---------------------------------------------
+SET client_min_messages = 'ERROR';
+-- Create tables in pub_test for these tests
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1 (a int primary key, b text);
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2 (x int primary key, y text);
+
+-- Basic: exclude one table from a schema publication
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except1
+
+-- Exclude multiple tables using unqualified names (implicitly qualified with the schema)
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except2
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except2
+
+-- fail: EXCEPT is not allowed for FOR TABLE publications
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_err
+    FOR TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, testpub_tbl_s2 EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_nopk);
+
+-- fail: EXCEPT table belongs to a different schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_wrongschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testpub_tbl1);
+
+-- fail: cross-schema EXCEPT not allowed; each EXCEPT is bound to its immediate schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_crossschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, public EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, public.testpub_tbl1);
+
+RESET client_min_messages;
+DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
+DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2;
+
 CREATE SEQUENCE regress_pub_seq0;
 CREATE SEQUENCE pub_test.regress_pub_seq1;
 
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
index 8c58d282eee..d2b1fb8f9ff 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ my $result;
 
 sub test_except_root_partition
 {
-	my ($pubviaroot) = @_;
+	my ($pubviaroot, $pubsql) = @_;
+	$pubsql //=
+	  "CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub_part FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (TABLE root1) WITH (publish_via_partition_root = $pubviaroot)";
 
 	# If the root partitioned table is in the EXCEPT clause, all its
 	# partitions are excluded from publication, regardless of the
 	# publish_via_partition_root setting.
 	$node_publisher->safe_psql(
 		'postgres', qq(
-		CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub_part FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (TABLE root1) WITH (publish_via_partition_root = $pubviaroot);
+		$pubsql;
 		INSERT INTO root1 VALUES (1), (101);
 	));
 	$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
@@ -223,6 +225,138 @@ $node_subscriber->safe_psql(
 test_except_root_partition('false');
 test_except_root_partition('true');
 
+# Same validation using TABLES IN SCHEMA instead of FOR ALL TABLES.
+my $schema_pub =
+  "CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub_part FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA public EXCEPT (TABLE public.root1)";
+test_except_root_partition('false',
+	"$schema_pub WITH (publish_via_partition_root = false)");
+test_except_root_partition('true',
+	"$schema_pub WITH (publish_via_partition_root = true)");
+
+# ============================================
+# EXCEPT test cases for TABLES IN SCHEMA
+# ============================================
+
+# Create a dedicated schema with two tables: one to be published and one to be
+# excluded.  Also create inherited tables to verify ONLY semantics.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	CREATE SCHEMA sch1;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_pub AS SELECT generate_series(1,5) AS a;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_exc AS SELECT generate_series(1,5) AS a;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.par (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.chi (b int) INHERITS (sch1.par);
+));
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	CREATE SCHEMA sch1;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_pub (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_exc (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.par (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.chi (b int) INHERITS (sch1.par);
+));
+
+# Basic test: initial sync respects EXCEPT.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE PUBLICATION sch_pub FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE sch1.tab_exc)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION sch_pub"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_pub");
+is($result, qq(5),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: initial sync copies included table');
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_exc");
+is($result, qq(0),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: initial sync skips excluded table');
+
+# DML: only the included table should be replicated.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_pub VALUES (6);
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_exc VALUES (6);
+));
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_pub");
+is($result, qq(6),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: DML on included table is replicated');
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_exc");
+is($result, qq(0),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: DML on excluded table is not replicated');
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
+
+# Inherited tables: excluding the parent (without ONLY) also excludes the child.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE PUBLICATION sch_pub FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE sch1.par)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION sch_pub"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"INSERT INTO sch1.chi VALUES (generate_series(1,5), generate_series(1,5))"
+);
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.chi");
+is($result, qq(0),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: excluding parent (without ONLY) also excludes child'
+);
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
+
+# Truncate chi on the publisher so the next test starts with a clean slate.
+# (The previous test inserted rows into chi that would otherwise be copied by
+# the initial table sync of the next subscription.)
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'TRUNCATE sch1.chi');
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'TRUNCATE sch1.chi');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE PUBLICATION sch_pub FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE ONLY sch1.par)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION sch_pub"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"INSERT INTO sch1.chi VALUES (generate_series(1,5), generate_series(1,5))"
+);
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.chi");
+is($result, qq(5),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: ONLY parent in EXCEPT does not exclude child'
+);
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	'TRUNCATE sch1.par, sch1.chi, sch1.tab_exc');
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	'TRUNCATE sch1.par, sch1.chi, sch1.tab_pub, sch1.tab_exc');
+
+# Cleanup schema tables before the multi-publication section.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SCHEMA sch1 CASCADE');
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SCHEMA sch1 CASCADE');
+
 # ============================================
 # Test when a subscription is subscribing to multiple publications
 # ============================================
@@ -254,6 +388,7 @@ $node_publisher->safe_psql(
 	DROP PUBLICATION tap_pub2;
 	TRUNCATE tab1;
 ));
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION tap_sub');
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', qq(TRUNCATE tab1));
 
 # OK when a table is excluded by pub1 EXCEPT clause, but it is included by pub2
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)