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From: Peter Smith <[email protected]>
To: Yuchen Li <[email protected]>
Cc: vignesh C <[email protected]>
Cc: Amit Kapila <[email protected]>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: EXCEPT TABLE - Case inconsistency for describe \d and \dRp+
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:45:58 +1000
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM Yuchen Li <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 4/20/2026 2:46 PM, Peter Smith wrote:
> >>> PSA  v3 patches.
> >>>
> >>> v3-0001 - Fixed the TABLE describe footer titles as suggested.
> >>> - "Included in publications:"
> >>> - "Excluded from publications:"
> >>>
> >>> v3-0002 - Made similar footer title changes for SEQUENCE describe
> >>>
> >>> v3-0003 - Made similar footer title changes for SHCEMA describe. In
> >>> passing, I found that this \dn describe output was not even being
> >>> tested, so I added the missing regression test.
> >> I'm not sure separate patches are necessary for this change; it might
> >> be better to merge them into a single patch. Other than that, the
> >> changes look good.
> >>
> > I separated them because only the changes to TABLE \d had previously
> > been discussed.
> >
> > If everyone thinks all changes are good, then I can combine them into one patch.
> >
> > ======
> > Kind Regards,
> > Peter Smith.
> > Fujitsu Australia.
> >
> While reviewing 0003, I noticed a formatting issue in the following line:
>
> +             * schema mapping count +  1 (for storing NULL).
>
> There is an extra space after "count +".
>

PSA v4, now combined as Vignesh suggested, and with the extra space also fixed.

======
Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia.


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  [application/octet-stream] v4-0001-Fix-describe-footer-titles.patch (11.7K, 2-v4-0001-Fix-describe-footer-titles.patch)
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From df5dd254d925be7631a29456b80c39449e2d0c27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Smith <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:40:41 +1000
Subject: [PATCH v4] Fix describe footer titles
MIME-Version: 1.0
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The psql describe footer titles for tables (\d) were not intuitive when listing
publications that included or excluded them. Now these are changed to say
"Included in publications:" and "Excluded from publications:" respectively.

Footer titles for sequence describe, and schema decribe are updated similarly.

Author: Peter Smith <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Amit Kapila <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: vignesh C <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Yuchen Li <[email protected]>

Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/aeDs7iZUox1bbKAK%40alvherre.pgsql
---
 doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml     |  8 ++---
 src/bin/psql/describe.c                   | 12 +++----
 src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out |  2 +-
 src/test/regress/expected/publication.out | 43 ++++++++++++++---------
 src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql      |  2 ++
 5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
index 598e23ad4f5..c06d255d2ed 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ Tables:
  c      | text    |           | not null |
 Indexes:
     "t1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (a, c)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "p1" WHERE ((a > 5) AND (c = 'NSW'::text))
     "p2"
 
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ Publications:
  f      | integer |           |          |
 Indexes:
     "t2_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (d)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "p2" WHERE (e = 99)
     "p3" WHERE (d = 10)
 
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ Publications:
  i      | integer |           |          |
 Indexes:
     "t3_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (g)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "p3" WHERE (g = 10)
 ]]></programlisting></para>
 
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ Tables:
  e      | text    |           |          |
 Indexes:
     "t1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "p1" (id, a, b, d)
 </programlisting></para>
 
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index dd1179ef927..e78b3df61a4 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 
 				if (nrows > 0)
 				{
-					printfPQExpBuffer(&tmpbuf, _("Publications:"));
+					printfPQExpBuffer(&tmpbuf, _("Included in publications:"));
 					for (i = 0; i < nrows; i++)
 						appendPQExpBuffer(&tmpbuf, "\n    \"%s\"", PQgetvalue(result, i, 0));
 
@@ -3263,7 +3263,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 				tuples = PQntuples(result);
 
 			if (tuples > 0)
-				printTableAddFooter(&cont, _("Publications:"));
+				printTableAddFooter(&cont, _("Included in publications:"));
 
 			/* Might be an empty set - that's ok */
 			for (i = 0; i < tuples; i++)
@@ -3306,7 +3306,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 				tuples = PQntuples(result);
 
 			if (tuples > 0)
-				printTableAddFooter(&cont, _("Except publications:"));
+				printTableAddFooter(&cont, _("Excluded from publications:"));
 
 			/* Might be an empty set - that's ok */
 			for (i = 0; i < tuples; i++)
@@ -5533,11 +5533,11 @@ listSchemas(const char *pattern, bool verbose, bool showSystem)
 		{
 			/*
 			 * Allocate memory for footers. Size of footers will be 1 (for
-			 * storing "Publications:" string) + publication schema mapping
-			 * count +  1 (for storing NULL).
+			 * storing "Included in publications:" string) + publication
+			 * schema mapping count + 1 (for storing NULL).
 			 */
 			footers = pg_malloc_array(char *, 1 + pub_schema_tuples + 1);
-			footers[0] = pg_strdup(_("Publications:"));
+			footers[0] = pg_strdup(_("Included in publications:"));
 
 			/* Might be an empty set - that's ok */
 			for (i = 0; i < pub_schema_tuples; i++)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out
index dad9d36937e..6dd22be0e8d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/alter_table.out
@@ -4868,7 +4868,7 @@ alter table alter1.t1 set schema alter2;
  Column |  Type   | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage | Stats target | Description 
 --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+--------------+-------------
  a      | integer |           |          |         | plain   |              | 
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "pub1"
 
 drop publication pub1;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
index d028e9be866..0345f6c5e47 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ Tables from schemas:
 
 SET client_min_messages = 'ERROR';
 CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_forschema FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test;
+\dn pub_test
+           List of schemas
+   Name   |          Owner           
+----------+--------------------------
+ pub_test | regress_publication_user
+Included in publications:
+    "testpub_forschema"
+    "testpub_fortable"
+
 -- should be able to create publication with schema and table of the same
 -- schema
 CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_for_tbl_schema FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, TABLE pub_test.testpub_nopk;
@@ -201,7 +210,7 @@ SELECT pubname, puballtables FROM pg_publication WHERE pubname = 'testpub_forall
  data   | text    |           |          |                                          | extended |              | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl2_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_foralltables"
 Not-null constraints:
     "testpub_tbl2_id_not_null" NOT NULL "id"
@@ -250,9 +259,9 @@ Except tables:
  data   | text    |           |          | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_foralltables"
-Except publications:
+Excluded from publications:
     "testpub_foralltables_excepttable"
     "testpub_foralltables_excepttable1"
 
@@ -435,7 +444,7 @@ Except tables:
 --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
  a      | integer |           |          | 
 Partition of: testpub_root FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (100)
-Except publications:
+Excluded from publications:
     "testpub8"
 
 \d testpub_root
@@ -444,7 +453,7 @@ Except publications:
 --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
  a      | integer |           |          | 
 Partition key: RANGE (a)
-Except publications:
+Excluded from publications:
     "testpub8"
 Number of partitions: 1 (Use \d+ to list them.)
 
@@ -479,7 +488,7 @@ SELECT pubname, puballtables, puballsequences FROM pg_publication WHERE pubname
   Type  | Start | Minimum |       Maximum       | Increment | Cycles? | Cache 
 --------+-------+---------+---------------------+-----------+---------+-------
  bigint |     1 |       1 | 9223372036854775807 |         1 | no      |     1
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "regress_pub_forallsequences1"
 
 \dRp+ regress_pub_forallsequences1
@@ -498,7 +507,7 @@ RESET client_min_messages;
   Type  | Start | Minimum |       Maximum       | Increment | Cycles? | Cache 
 --------+-------+---------+---------------------+-----------+---------+-------
  bigint |     1 |       1 | 9223372036854775807 |         1 | no      |     1
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "regress_pub_forallsequences1"
     "regress_pub_forallsequences2"
 
@@ -636,7 +645,7 @@ Tables:
  Column |  Type   | Collation | Nullable | Default 
 --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
  e      | integer |           |          | 
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub5" WHERE ((e > 1000) AND (e < 2000))
 
 ALTER PUBLICATION testpub5 DROP TABLE testpub_rf_tbl2;
@@ -664,7 +673,7 @@ Tables:
  Column |  Type   | Collation | Nullable | Default 
 --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
  e      | integer |           |          | 
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub5" WHERE ((e > 300) AND (e < 500))
 
 -- test \d <tablename> (now it displays filter information)
@@ -678,7 +687,7 @@ RESET client_min_messages;
 --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
  a      | integer |           |          | 
  b      | text    |           |          | 
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_rf_no"
     "testpub_rf_yes" WHERE (a > 1)
 
@@ -1153,7 +1162,7 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_fortable ADD TABLE testpub_tbl7 (a, b);
  c      | text    |           |          |         | extended |              | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl7_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (a)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_fortable" (a, b)
 Not-null constraints:
     "testpub_tbl7_a_not_null" NOT NULL "a"
@@ -1169,7 +1178,7 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_fortable SET TABLE testpub_tbl7 (a, b);
  c      | text    |           |          |         | extended |              | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl7_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (a)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_fortable" (a, b)
 Not-null constraints:
     "testpub_tbl7_a_not_null" NOT NULL "a"
@@ -1185,7 +1194,7 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_fortable SET TABLE testpub_tbl7 (a, c);
  c      | text    |           |          |         | extended |              | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl7_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (a)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_fortable" (a, c)
 Not-null constraints:
     "testpub_tbl7_a_not_null" NOT NULL "a"
@@ -1323,7 +1332,7 @@ Tables:
  c      | integer |           | not null |         | plain   |              | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl_both_filters_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (a, c) REPLICA IDENTITY
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_both_filters" (a, c) WHERE (c <> 1)
 Not-null constraints:
     "testpub_tbl_both_filters_a_not_null" NOT NULL "a"
@@ -1540,7 +1549,7 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_ins_trunct ADD TABLE pub_test.testpub_nopk, testpub_tb
 --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+--------------+-------------
  foo    | integer |           |          |         | plain   |              | 
  bar    | integer |           |          |         | plain   |              | 
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_default"
     "testpub_fortbl"
     "testpub_ins_trunct"
@@ -1553,7 +1562,7 @@ Publications:
  data   | text    |           |          |                                          | extended |              | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_default"
     "testpub_fortbl"
     "testpub_ins_trunct"
@@ -1581,7 +1590,7 @@ ERROR:  relation "testpub_nopk" is not part of the publication
  data   | text    |           |          |                                          | extended |              | 
 Indexes:
     "testpub_tbl1_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
-Publications:
+Included in publications:
     "testpub_fortbl"
     "testpub_ins_trunct"
 Not-null constraints:
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
index 642e32fa098..041e14a4de6 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_fortable SET TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test;
 
 SET client_min_messages = 'ERROR';
 CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_forschema FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test;
+\dn pub_test
+
 -- should be able to create publication with schema and table of the same
 -- schema
 CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_for_tbl_schema FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, TABLE pub_test.testpub_nopk;
-- 
2.47.3



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