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Re: BUG #18558: ALTER PUBLICATION fails with unhelpful error on attempt to use system column

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>, exclusion@gmail.com, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2024-07-29T14:08:19Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> writes:
> TBH, I was unsure if this error bugfix patch qualified to have
> backpatches or not. Although it is a "bug" it was not impacting
> anybody because it is only substituting one error msg for another
> nicer error msg.

True, we don't really have to back-patch.  I'm inclined to do so,
but might think differently once we see how big the final patch is.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Improve ALTER PUBLICATION validation and error messages