Re: Support EXCEPT for TABLES IN SCHEMA publications

Hi Nisha.

Some review comments for patch v8-0003.

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src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c

AlterPublicationSchemaExceptTables:

1.
+ /*
+ * EXCEPT is not meaningful with DROP: dropping a schema from a
+ * publication already removes all its except entries via cascade, and
+ * there is no sensible interpretation of "drop only the except entry but
+ * keep the schema".
+ */

Is that backwards? I think you mean :

SUGGESTION
* Dropping a schema from a publication removes all its EXCEPT entries via
* cascade. The concept of "drop all schema tables from the publication EXCEPT
* these ones" is not supported.
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src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl

2.
On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com> wrote:
...
> I don't see any existing "..test continues..." pattern, so I changed it as -
> 'CREATE PUBLICATION pub11 - ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT dump'
>
> Thoughts?

I've since found that there is a way to combine multiple regex within
a single test. Doing it like below is a cleaner way to write these
multi-statement tests.

SUGGESTION (note /xms instead of /xm)
    'CREATE PUBLICATION pub11' => {
        create_order => 50,
        create_sql =>
          'CREATE PUBLICATION pub11 FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test
EXCEPT (TABLE test_table);',
        regexp => qr/^
            \QCREATE PUBLICATION pub11 WITH (publish = 'insert,
update, delete, truncate');\E
            .*?
            \QALTER PUBLICATION pub11 ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test
EXCEPT (TABLE ONLY test_table);\E
            /xms,
        like => { %full_runs, section_post_data => 1, },
    },

(ditto for the pub12 test)

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia