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From: Erik Wienhold <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH v1] Document that typed tables rely on CREATE TYPE
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 04:21:56 +0100

CREATE TABLE OF accepts only composite types that were created with
CREATE TYPE.  Clarify that also in the error message.
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml        | 2 ++
 src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c          | 8 +++++++-
 src/test/regress/expected/typed_table.out | 6 +++++-
 src/test/regress/sql/typed_table.sql      | 4 ++++
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 4cbaaccaf7..889496cf0a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
       schema-qualified).  A typed table is tied to its type; for
       example the table will be dropped if the type is dropped
       (with <literal>DROP TYPE ... CASCADE</literal>).
+      Expects the composite type to have been created with
+      <xref linkend="sql-createtype"/>.
      </para>
 
      <para>
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 7014be8039..bef630139d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -6975,8 +6975,14 @@ check_of_type(HeapTuple typetuple)
 		 * the type before the typed table creation/conversion commits.
 		 */
 		relation_close(typeRelation, NoLock);
+
+		if (!typeOk)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
+					 errmsg("type %s is not a composite type created with CREATE TYPE",
+							format_type_be(typ->oid))));
 	}
-	if (!typeOk)
+	else
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 				 errmsg("type %s is not a composite type",
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/typed_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/typed_table.out
index 2e47ecbcf5..bb21b69a1a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/typed_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/typed_table.out
@@ -89,8 +89,12 @@ drop cascades to function get_all_persons()
 drop cascades to table persons2
 drop cascades to table persons3
 CREATE TABLE persons5 OF stuff; -- only CREATE TYPE AS types may be used
-ERROR:  type stuff is not a composite type
+ERROR:  type stuff is not a composite type created with CREATE TYPE
 DROP TABLE stuff;
+CREATE TYPE simple AS ENUM ('a');
+CREATE TABLE of_simple OF simple;  -- not a composite type
+ERROR:  type simple is not a composite type
+DROP TYPE simple;
 -- implicit casting
 CREATE TYPE person_type AS (id int, name text);
 CREATE TABLE persons OF person_type;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/typed_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/typed_table.sql
index 9ef0cdfcc7..eaa11b0f94 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/typed_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/typed_table.sql
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ CREATE TABLE persons5 OF stuff; -- only CREATE TYPE AS types may be used
 
 DROP TABLE stuff;
 
+CREATE TYPE simple AS ENUM ('a');
+CREATE TABLE of_simple OF simple;  -- not a composite type
+DROP TYPE simple;
+
 
 -- implicit casting
 
-- 
2.44.0


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