On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 1:13 PM Peter Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM Amit Kapila <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, but how does that matter? We just don't want the operation to > > proceed when the table is part of publication, users anyway need to > > fix it before proceeding. > > > > OTOH it doesn't matter because they are both problems the user must > fix. But won't it be better to get a consistent/deterministic error > message for the same problem? >
Sure, but to distinguish ERROR-type, extra scan on catalog seems costly. If you can avoid extra scans and or more cycles on scanning catalog and still be able to manage this difference, then it is worth considering. -- With Regards, Amit Kapila.
