Re: Support EXCEPT for ALL SEQUENCES publications

shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>

From: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>
To: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Cc: Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-04-13T05:20:53Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 at 00:32, Shlok Kyal <shlok.kyal.oss@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Vignesh and Shveta,
> >
> > Thanks for reviewing the patches.
> > I have addressed the comments and attached the updated patch.
>
> Few comments for the  first patch:
> 1) I felt these also could be moved to first patch:
> - * Gets list of table oids that were specified in the EXCEPT clause for a
> + * Gets list of relation oids that were specified in the EXCEPT clause for a
>

I noticed all these, but since we are actually fetching sequences in
patch002,. I thought changing comments made more sense in patch002 as
done by Shlok currently. But I don't have a strong opinion here, so
fine with this too.

> 2) Similarly here too:
> - * The returned tables are locked in ShareUpdateExclusiveLock mode in order to
> - * add them to a publication.
> + * The returned relations are locked in ShareUpdateExclusiveLock mode in order
> + * to add them to a publication.
>
> 3) Similarly here too:
>  /*
> - * Add listed tables to the publication.
> + * Add listed relations to the publication.
>   */
>
> 4) Similarly here too:
> -               /* Must be owner of the table or superuser. */
> +               /* Must be owner of the relation or superuser. */
>
> 5) Ordering issue here, PublicationRelation should be after PublicationRelKind:
> diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list b/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
> index ea95e7984bc..ff20501223c 100644
> --- a/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
> +++ b/src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list
> @@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ PublicationPartOpt
>  PublicationRelInfo
>  PublicationRelKind
>  PublicationSchemaInfo
> -PublicationTable
> +PublicationRelation
>
> Regards,
> Vignesh
>
>



Commits

Same data as JSON: GET /api/v1/messages/:b64id/commits the thread's linked commits as JSON, with link sources. API reference →
  1. Doc: Clarify that publication exclusions track table identity.

  2. Use schema-qualified names in EXCEPT clause error messages.

  3. psql: Improve describe footer titles for publications.

  4. Improve various new-to-v19 appendStringInfo calls