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From: Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Cc: shveta malik <shveta.malik@gmail.com>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Support EXCEPT for TABLES IN SCHEMA publications
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 16:44:09 +0530
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On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 12:49 PM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Nisha.
>
> Some review comments for patch v5-0001.
>

Thanks Peter, for the review.

> ======
> src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
>
> publication_add_relation:
>
> 2.
> + HeapTuple existing;
>
> Not sure if this is the best name. How about "tup"?
>

Noticed that a "HeapTuple tup;" is already declared, so we can use the
existing one.

> ~~~
>
> 3.
> + bool is_except = existing_form->prexcept;
>
> This variable is used only once. Not sure if that vindicates having it.
>

the is_except value is being used after releasing the tuple and
closing the table since the next step errors out. But I have now
removed existing_form and directly extracted the value instead.

> ~~~
>
> 8.
> + list_free(schemaRels);
> + }
> + else
> + result = list_concat(result, schemaRels);
>
> Why is 'schemaRels' only being freed when there is an EXCEPT?
>

IIUC, In the EXCEPT case, relid is an Oid, so lfirst_oid() copies the
integer value from the cell, and lappend_oid() stores that value into
a new cell in result. That means result does not reference schemaRels
cells after the loop, so list_free(schemaRels) is safe.

In the else branch, list_concat() directly transfers schemaRels cells
into result. So freeing schemaRels there would corrupt the result.

> ======
> src/backend/parser/gram.y
>
> 14.
> - | ColId opt_column_list OptWhereClause
> + | ColId opt_column_list OptWhereClause opt_pub_except_clause
>   {
>   $$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
>   $$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION;
> + $$->except_tables = $4;
>
> This seems suspicious. You cannot have an EXCEPT clause when there is
> a column list or a WHERE clause, so what is this scenario? Maybe the
> "$$->except_tables = $4;" needs to be moved to the 'else' block?
>

This handles cases where multi-schema continuation is used along with
an EXCEPT clause, e.g.:
  create publication pub1 for tables in schema public, s1 except (table t1);
-- without the above, the EXCEPT clause would be silently ignored.

Now, I agree that the above case can also be handled by moving
"$$->except_tables = $4;" into the else branch. But then EXCEPT would
again get silently ignored for table continuations with a column-list
or where clause, e.g.,:
postgres=# create publication pub2 for table t1, t2 (c1) except (table t1);
CREATE PUBLICATION

The idea here is to collect the EXCEPT list whenever it is specified
for such continuation cases, and then explicitly raise an error in
preprocess_pubobj_list() if a table publication object contains an
EXCEPT list.

> ~~~
>
> 16.
> + if (pubobj->pubobjtype == PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLES_IN_SCHEMA)
> + {
> + if (eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname == NULL)
> + eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname = pubobj->name;
> + else if (strcmp(eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname,
> + pubobj->name) != 0)
> + ereport(ERROR,
> + errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
> + errmsg("table \"%s.%s\" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema \"%s\"",
> +    eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname,
> +    eobj->pubtable->relation->relname,
> +    pubobj->name),
> + parser_errposition(eobj->location));
>
> 16a.
> Introducing some more variables (like 'eobj_schemaname' and
> 'eobj_relname') would simplify this code quite a bit.
>

Done.

> ~
>
> 16b.
> Should make use of the recently committed function that gets
> fully-qualified rel names so you can use "%s" instead of "%s.%s".
>

We cannot use RelationGetQualifiedRelationName() in the grammar, so I
used quote_qualified_identifier() instead.
~~~~

Addressed all other comments as suggested. Please find the updated v6
patches attached.

Patch-0001: updated as per the above comments.
Patch-0002 and Patch-0003: adjusted for the Patch-0001 changes and
some code simplification in tab-complete part.

--
Thanks,
Nisha


Attachments:

  [application/octet-stream] v6-0001-Support-EXCEPT-clause-for-schema-level-publicatio.patch (42.4K, 2-v6-0001-Support-EXCEPT-clause-for-schema-level-publicatio.patch)
  download | inline diff:
From 4248729b91c72d68c3deea6b540cefa04b2501c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 12:49:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/3] Support EXCEPT clause for schema-level publications

Extend table exclusion support in publications to allow specific
tables to be excluded from schema-level publications using an
EXCEPT clause in CREATE PUBLICATION.

Supported syntax:
CREATE PUBLICATION <pub> FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA s EXCEPT (TABLE t1,...);
---
 doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml       |   3 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml    |  22 +++-
 src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c        |  86 +++++++++++--
 src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c      |  47 ++++++-
 src/backend/parser/gram.y                   |  52 +++++++-
 src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c |  21 +++-
 src/bin/psql/describe.c                     |  18 +++
 src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c              |  26 +++-
 src/include/catalog/pg_publication.h        |   3 +-
 src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h              |   2 +
 src/test/regress/expected/publication.out   | 100 ++++++++++++++-
 src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql        |  65 +++++++++-
 src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl       | 133 +++++++++++++++++++-
 13 files changed, 545 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
index 9e7868487de..1433d2660fe 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@
    or <literal>FOR ALL SEQUENCES</literal>. Unlike tables, sequences can be
    synchronized at any time. For more information, see
    <xref linkend="logical-replication-sequences"/>. When a publication is
-   created with <literal>FOR ALL TABLES</literal>, a table or set of tables can
+   created with <literal>FOR ALL TABLES</literal> or
+   <literal>FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>, a table or set of tables can
    be explicitly excluded from publication using the
    <link linkend="sql-createpublication-params-for-except-table"><literal>EXCEPT</literal></link>
    clause.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
index f82d640e6ca..7fa0bd11f7b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
 <phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">publication_object</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
 
     TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">table_and_columns</replaceable> [, ... ]
-    TABLES IN SCHEMA { <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> | CURRENT_SCHEMA } [, ... ]
+    TABLES IN SCHEMA <replaceable class="parameter">tables_in_schema</replaceable> [, ... ]
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">publication_all_object</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
 
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
 
     <replaceable class="parameter">table_object</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_name</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ] [ WHERE ( <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> ) ]
 
+<phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">tables_in_schema</replaceable> is:</phrase>
+
+    { <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> | CURRENT_SCHEMA } [ EXCEPT ( <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ]
+
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
     TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">table_object</replaceable> [, ... ]
@@ -142,6 +146,8 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
      <para>
       Marks the publication as one that replicates changes for all tables in
       the specified list of schemas, including tables created in the future.
+      Tables listed in the <literal>EXCEPT</literal> clause for a given schema
+      are excluded from the publication.
      </para>
 
      <para>
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
      <para>
       Marks the publication as one that replicates changes for all tables in
       the database, including tables created in the future. Tables listed in
-      <literal>EXCEPT</literal> clause are excluded from the publication.
+      the <literal>EXCEPT</literal> clause are excluded from the publication.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -198,7 +204,8 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       This clause specifies a list of tables to be excluded from the
-      publication.
+      publication. It can be used with <literal>FOR ALL TABLES</literal> or
+      <literal>FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>.
      </para>
      <para>
       For inherited tables, if <literal>ONLY</literal> is specified before the
@@ -515,6 +522,15 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION production_publication FOR TABLE users, departments, TABLES I
 CREATE PUBLICATION sales_publication FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA marketing, sales;
 </programlisting></para>
 
+  <para>
+   Create a publication that publishes all changes for all the tables present in
+   the schema <structname>sales</structname>, except
+   <structname>internal</structname> and <structname>drafts</structname>:
+<programlisting>
+CREATE PUBLICATION sales_filtered FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sales EXCEPT (TABLE internal, drafts);
+</programlisting>
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    Create a publication that publishes all changes for table <structname>users</structname>,
    but replicates only columns <structname>user_id</structname> and
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
index 5c457d9aca8..6f945955901 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ GetPubPartitionOptionRelations(List *result, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt,
  * ancestor is at the end of the list.
  */
 Oid
-GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(Oid puboid, List *ancestors, int *ancestor_level)
+GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(Oid puboid, List *ancestors,
+								int *ancestor_level, List *except_pubids)
 {
 	ListCell   *lc;
 	Oid			topmost_relid = InvalidOid;
@@ -473,7 +474,8 @@ GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(Oid puboid, List *ancestors, int *ancestor_level
 		else
 		{
 			aschemaPubids = GetSchemaPublications(get_rel_namespace(ancestor));
-			if (list_member_oid(aschemaPubids, puboid))
+			if (list_member_oid(aschemaPubids, puboid) &&
+				!list_member_oid(except_pubids, puboid))
 			{
 				topmost_relid = ancestor;
 
@@ -545,18 +547,30 @@ publication_add_relation(Oid pubid, PublicationRelInfo *pri,
 	 * duplicates, it's here just to provide nicer error message in common
 	 * case. The real protection is the unique key on the catalog.
 	 */
-	if (SearchSysCacheExists2(PUBLICATIONRELMAP, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
-							  ObjectIdGetDatum(pubid)))
+	tup = SearchSysCache2(PUBLICATIONRELMAP, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
+						  ObjectIdGetDatum(pubid));
+
+	if (HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
 	{
+		bool		is_except = ((Form_pg_publication_rel) GETSTRUCT(tup))->prexcept;
+
+		ReleaseSysCache(tup);
 		table_close(rel, RowExclusiveLock);
 
 		if (if_not_exists)
 			return InvalidObjectAddress;
 
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
-				 errmsg("relation \"%s\" is already member of publication \"%s\"",
-						RelationGetRelationName(targetrel), pub->name)));
+		if (is_except)
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
+					 errmsg("table \"%s\" cannot be added because it is excluded from publication \"%s\"",
+							RelationGetQualifiedRelationName(targetrel),
+							pub->name)));
+		else
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
+					 errmsg("relation \"%s\" is already member of publication \"%s\"",
+							RelationGetRelationName(targetrel), pub->name)));
 	}
 
 	check_publication_add_relation(pri);
@@ -982,12 +996,13 @@ GetIncludedPublicationRelations(Oid pubid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
  * Gets list of table oids that were specified in the EXCEPT clause for a
  * publication.
  *
- * This should only be used FOR ALL TABLES publications.
+ * This is used for FOR ALL TABLES and FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA publications,
+ * both of which support EXCEPT TABLE.
  */
 List *
 GetExcludedPublicationTables(Oid pubid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
 {
-	Assert(GetPublication(pubid)->alltables);
+	Assert(GetPublication(pubid)->alltables || is_schema_publication(pubid));
 
 	return get_publication_relations(pubid, pub_partopt, true);
 }
@@ -1232,22 +1247,67 @@ GetSchemaPublicationRelations(Oid schemaid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
 
 /*
  * Gets the list of all relations published by FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA
- * publication.
+ * publication, excluding any tables listed in the EXCEPT clause.
  */
 List *
 GetAllSchemaPublicationRelations(Oid pubid, PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt)
 {
 	List	   *result = NIL;
 	List	   *pubschemalist = GetPublicationSchemas(pubid);
+	List	   *exceptlist = NIL;
 	ListCell   *cell;
 
+	/* get the list of tables excluded via EXCEPT TABLE for this publication */
+	if (pubschemalist != NIL)
+		exceptlist = GetExcludedPublicationTables(pubid, pub_partopt);
+
 	foreach(cell, pubschemalist)
 	{
 		Oid			schemaid = lfirst_oid(cell);
 		List	   *schemaRels = NIL;
 
 		schemaRels = GetSchemaPublicationRelations(schemaid, pub_partopt);
-		result = list_concat(result, schemaRels);
+
+		if (exceptlist != NIL)
+		{
+			/* filter out any tables that appear in the EXCEPT list */
+			ListCell   *rlc;
+
+			foreach(rlc, schemaRels)
+			{
+				Oid			relid = lfirst_oid(rlc);
+				bool		excluded = list_member_oid(exceptlist, relid);
+
+				/*
+				 * Also exclude any relation whose partition ancestor is in
+				 * the EXCEPT list.  This matters when pub_partopt is
+				 * PUBLICATION_PART_ROOT: the except list holds only the root
+				 * OID, but the schema scan may also return individual
+				 * partition relations that live in the same schema.
+				 */
+				if (!excluded && get_rel_relispartition(relid))
+				{
+					List	   *ancestors = get_partition_ancestors(relid);
+					ListCell   *alc;
+
+					foreach(alc, ancestors)
+					{
+						if (list_member_oid(exceptlist, lfirst_oid(alc)))
+						{
+							excluded = true;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					list_free(ancestors);
+				}
+
+				if (!excluded)
+					result = lappend_oid(result, relid);
+			}
+			list_free(schemaRels);
+		}
+		else
+			result = list_concat(result, schemaRels);
 	}
 
 	return result;
@@ -1381,7 +1441,7 @@ is_table_publishable_in_publication(Oid relid, Publication *pub)
 	 * the publication, it should be included (return true).
 	 */
 	if (relispartition &&
-		OidIsValid(GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(pub->oid, ancestors, NULL)))
+		OidIsValid(GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(pub->oid, ancestors, NULL, NIL)))
 		return !pub->pubviaroot;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
index 440adb356ad..95186ca7377 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ pub_rf_contains_invalid_column(Oid pubid, Relation relation, List *ancestors,
 	if (pubviaroot && relation->rd_rel->relispartition)
 	{
 		publish_as_relid
-			= GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(pubid, ancestors, NULL);
+			= GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(pubid, ancestors, NULL, NIL);
 
 		if (!OidIsValid(publish_as_relid))
 			publish_as_relid = relid;
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ pub_contains_invalid_column(Oid pubid, Relation relation, List *ancestors,
 	 */
 	if (pubviaroot && relation->rd_rel->relispartition)
 	{
-		publish_as_relid = GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(pubid, ancestors, NULL);
+		publish_as_relid = GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(pubid, ancestors, NULL, NIL);
 
 		if (!OidIsValid(publish_as_relid))
 			publish_as_relid = relid;
@@ -959,6 +959,8 @@ CreatePublication(ParseState *pstate, CreatePublicationStmt *stmt)
 	}
 	else if (!stmt->for_all_sequences)
 	{
+		List	   *explicitrelids = NIL;
+
 		/* FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA requires superuser */
 		if (schemaidlist != NIL && !superuser())
 			ereport(ERROR,
@@ -977,6 +979,19 @@ CreatePublication(ParseState *pstate, CreatePublicationStmt *stmt)
 									   schemaidlist != NIL,
 									   publish_via_partition_root);
 
+			/*
+			 * Collect explicit table OIDs now, before we close the relation
+			 * list, so that except-table validation below can check for
+			 * contradictions without relying on a catalog scan that might not
+			 * yet see the just-inserted rows.
+			 */
+			if (exceptrelations != NIL)
+			{
+				foreach_ptr(PublicationRelInfo, pri, rels)
+					explicitrelids = lappend_oid(explicitrelids,
+												 RelationGetRelid(pri->relation));
+			}
+
 			PublicationAddTables(puboid, rels, true, NULL);
 			CloseTableList(rels);
 		}
@@ -989,6 +1004,34 @@ CreatePublication(ParseState *pstate, CreatePublicationStmt *stmt)
 			 */
 			LockSchemaList(schemaidlist);
 			PublicationAddSchemas(puboid, schemaidlist, true, NULL);
+
+			if (exceptrelations != NIL)
+			{
+				List	   *exceptrels;
+
+				exceptrels = OpenTableList(exceptrelations);
+
+				/*
+				 * Validate that each excluded table is not also in the
+				 * explicit table list (which would be contradictory). Use the
+				 * in-memory explicitrelids collected above rather than
+				 * re-reading the catalog, which may not yet see the
+				 * just-inserted rows.
+				 */
+				foreach_ptr(PublicationRelInfo, pri, exceptrels)
+				{
+					Oid			except_relid = RelationGetRelid(pri->relation);
+
+					if (list_member_oid(explicitrelids, except_relid))
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+								errmsg("table \"%s\" cannot appear in both the table list and the EXCEPT clause",
+									   RelationGetQualifiedRelationName(pri->relation)));
+				}
+
+				PublicationAddTables(puboid, exceptrels, true, NULL);
+				CloseTableList(exceptrels);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index ff4e1388c55..4514ef7f9c2 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "nodes/nodeFuncs.h"
 #include "parser/parser.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/datetime.h"
 #include "utils/xml.h"
 
@@ -11272,7 +11273,7 @@ AlterOwnerStmt: ALTER AGGREGATE aggregate_with_argtypes OWNER TO RoleSpec
  * pub_obj is one of:
  *
  *		TABLE table [, ...]
- *		TABLES IN SCHEMA schema [, ...]
+ *		TABLES IN SCHEMA schema [EXCEPT (TABLE table [, ...] )] [, ...]
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -11332,23 +11333,26 @@ PublicationObjSpec:
 					$$->pubtable->columns = $3;
 					$$->pubtable->whereClause = $4;
 				}
-			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA ColId
+			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA ColId opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLES_IN_SCHEMA;
 					$$->name = $4;
+					$$->except_tables = $5;
 					$$->location = @4;
 				}
-			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA CURRENT_SCHEMA
+			| TABLES IN_P SCHEMA CURRENT_SCHEMA opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLES_IN_CUR_SCHEMA;
+					$$->except_tables = $5;
 					$$->location = @4;
 				}
-			| ColId opt_column_list OptWhereClause
+			| ColId opt_column_list OptWhereClause opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION;
+					$$->except_tables = $4;
 					/*
 					 * If either a row filter or column list is specified, create
 					 * a PublicationTable object.
@@ -11392,10 +11396,11 @@ PublicationObjSpec:
 					$$->pubtable->columns = $2;
 					$$->pubtable->whereClause = $3;
 				}
-			| CURRENT_SCHEMA
+			| CURRENT_SCHEMA opt_pub_except_clause
 				{
 					$$ = makeNode(PublicationObjSpec);
 					$$->pubobjtype = PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION;
+					$$->except_tables = $2;
 					$$->location = @1;
 				}
 				;
@@ -20784,6 +20789,8 @@ preprocess_pub_all_objtype_list(List *all_objects_list, List **pubobjects,
 /*
  * Process pubobjspec_list to check for errors in any of the objects and
  * convert PUBLICATIONOBJ_CONTINUATION into appropriate PublicationObjSpecType.
+ * Also flattens except_tables from TABLES IN SCHEMA nodes into the list so
+ * that ObjectsInPublicationToOids() sees them as top-level EXCEPT_TABLE entries.
  */
 static void
 preprocess_pubobj_list(List *pubobjspec_list, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
@@ -20812,6 +20819,13 @@ preprocess_pubobj_list(List *pubobjspec_list, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
 
 		if (pubobj->pubobjtype == PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLE)
 		{
+			/* EXCEPT is not valid for table objects */
+			if (pubobj->except_tables != NIL)
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+						errmsg("EXCEPT is not allowed for TABLE publication objects"),
+						parser_errposition(pubobj->location));
+
 			/* relation name or pubtable must be set for this type of object */
 			if (!pubobj->name && !pubobj->pubtable)
 				ereport(ERROR,
@@ -20860,6 +20874,34 @@ preprocess_pubobj_list(List *pubobjspec_list, core_yyscan_t yyscanner)
 						errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 						errmsg("invalid schema name"),
 						parser_errposition(pubobj->location));
+
+			/* Flatten EXCEPT entries into the top-level list */
+			foreach_ptr(PublicationObjSpec, eobj, pubobj->except_tables)
+			{
+				/*
+				 * Unqualified names are implicitly qualified with the parent
+				 * schema.  Qualified names must match the parent schema —
+				 * each EXCEPT clause is bound to exactly one schema, so
+				 * cross-schema entries are rejected at parse time.
+				 */
+				if (pubobj->pubobjtype == PUBLICATIONOBJ_TABLES_IN_SCHEMA)
+				{
+					const char *eobj_schemaname = eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname;
+					const char *eobj_relname = eobj->pubtable->relation->relname;
+
+					if (eobj_schemaname == NULL)
+						eobj->pubtable->relation->schemaname = pubobj->name;
+					else if (strcmp(eobj_schemaname, pubobj->name) != 0)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+								errmsg("table \"%s\" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema \"%s\"",
+									   quote_qualified_identifier(eobj_schemaname, eobj_relname),
+									   pubobj->name),
+								parser_errposition(eobj->location));
+				}
+			}
+			pubobjspec_list = list_concat(pubobjspec_list, pubobj->except_tables);
+			pubobj->except_tables = NIL;
 		}
 
 		prevobjtype = pubobj->pubobjtype;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
index 4ecfcbff7ab..b55d7ab7cd1 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
@@ -2097,6 +2097,7 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 		 * are absorbed while decoding WAL.
 		 */
 		List	   *schemaPubids = GetSchemaPublications(schemaId);
+		List	   *schemaExceptPubids;
 		ListCell   *lc;
 		Oid			publish_as_relid = relid;
 		int			publish_ancestor_level = 0;
@@ -2104,6 +2105,19 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 		char		relkind = get_rel_relkind(relid);
 		List	   *rel_publications = NIL;
 
+		/*
+		 * For the schema EXCEPT check, we must look up the top-most ancestor
+		 * rather than the relation itself.  check_publication_add_relation()
+		 * prevents individual partitions from appearing in the EXCEPT clause,
+		 * so only a root (non-partition) table can have prexcept = true.
+		 * Using the partition's own OID would always return NIL and miss the
+		 * exclusion.
+		 */
+		Oid			root_relid = am_partition ?
+			llast_oid(get_partition_ancestors(relid)) : relid;
+
+		schemaExceptPubids = GetRelationExcludedPublications(root_relid);
+
 		/* Reload publications if needed before use. */
 		if (!publications_valid)
 		{
@@ -2267,7 +2281,8 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 
 					ancestor = GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(pub->oid,
 															   ancestors,
-															   &level);
+															   &level,
+															   schemaExceptPubids);
 
 					if (ancestor != InvalidOid)
 					{
@@ -2281,7 +2296,8 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 				}
 
 				if (list_member_oid(pubids, pub->oid) ||
-					list_member_oid(schemaPubids, pub->oid) ||
+					(list_member_oid(schemaPubids, pub->oid) &&
+					 !list_member_oid(schemaExceptPubids, pub->oid)) ||
 					ancestor_published)
 					publish = true;
 			}
@@ -2360,6 +2376,7 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 
 		list_free(pubids);
 		list_free(schemaPubids);
+		list_free(schemaExceptPubids);
 		list_free(rel_publications);
 
 		entry->replicate_valid = true;
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index e1449654f96..e5b1a70e05e 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -7038,6 +7038,24 @@ describePublications(const char *pattern)
 				if (!addFooterToPublicationDesc(&buf, _("Tables from schemas:"),
 												true, &cont))
 					goto error_return;
+
+				if (pset.sversion >= 190000)
+				{
+					/*
+					 * Get tables in the EXCEPT clause for this schema
+					 * publication.
+					 */
+					printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
+									  "SELECT concat(c.relnamespace::regnamespace, '.', c.relname)\n"
+									  "FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c\n"
+									  "     JOIN pg_catalog.pg_publication_rel pr ON c.oid = pr.prrelid\n"
+									  "WHERE pr.prpubid = '%s'\n"
+									  "  AND pr.prexcept\n"
+									  "ORDER BY 1", pubid);
+					if (!addFooterToPublicationDesc(&buf, _("Except tables:"),
+													true, &cont))
+						goto error_return;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
index 75132528f3a..2c652cf32a0 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
@@ -1065,6 +1065,15 @@ static const SchemaQuery Query_for_trigger_of_table = {
 "SELECT nspname FROM pg_catalog.pg_namespace "\
 " WHERE nspname LIKE '%s'"
 
+#define Query_for_list_of_tables_in_schema \
+"SELECT n.nspname || '.' || c.relname "\
+"  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c "\
+"       JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace "\
+" WHERE c.relkind IN (" CppAsString2(RELKIND_RELATION) ", " \
+						CppAsString2(RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE) ") "\
+"   AND (n.nspname || '.' || c.relname) LIKE '%s' "\
+"   AND n.nspname = '%s'"
+
 /* Use COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM with these queries for GUC names: */
 #define Query_for_list_of_alter_system_set_vars \
 "SELECT pg_catalog.lower(name) FROM pg_catalog.pg_settings "\
@@ -3785,8 +3794,21 @@ match_previous_words(int pattern_id,
 		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_PLUS(Query_for_list_of_schemas
 								 " AND nspname NOT LIKE E'pg\\\\_%%'",
 								 "CURRENT_SCHEMA");
-	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny) && (!ends_with(prev_wd, ',')))
-		COMPLETE_WITH("WITH (");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny) && !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("EXCEPT ( TABLE", "WITH (");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT"))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("( TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "("))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE"))
+	{
+		set_completion_reference(prev4_wd);
+		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_tables_in_schema);
+	}
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH_SCHEMA_QUERY(Query_for_list_of_tables);
+	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "FOR", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH(")");
 	/* Complete "CREATE PUBLICATION <name> [...] WITH" */
 	else if (Matches("CREATE", "PUBLICATION", MatchAnyN, "WITH", "("))
 		COMPLETE_WITH("publish", "publish_generated_columns", "publish_via_partition_root");
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_publication.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_publication.h
index 89b4bb14f62..53e3d7c6f3d 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_publication.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_publication.h
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ extern List *GetPubPartitionOptionRelations(List *result,
 											PublicationPartOpt pub_partopt,
 											Oid relid);
 extern Oid	GetTopMostAncestorInPublication(Oid puboid, List *ancestors,
-											int *ancestor_level);
+											int *ancestor_level,
+											List *except_pubids);
 
 extern bool is_publishable_relation(Relation rel);
 extern bool is_schema_publication(Oid pubid);
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index 91377a6cde3..98a03c0eeda 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -4493,6 +4493,8 @@ typedef struct PublicationObjSpec
 	PublicationObjSpecType pubobjtype;	/* type of this publication object */
 	char	   *name;
 	PublicationTable *pubtable;
+	List	   *except_tables;	/* tables specified in the EXCEPT clause (for
+								 * TABLES IN SCHEMA) */
 	ParseLoc	location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } PublicationObjSpec;
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
index 29e54b214a0..77d77c89d80 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_foralltables_excepttable2 FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (test
 ERROR:  syntax error at or near "testpub_tbl1"
 LINE 1: ..._foralltables_excepttable2 FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (testpub_tb...
                                                              ^
+-- fail - EXCEPT is not allowed for FOR TABLE publications
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_err
+    FOR TABLE testpub_tbl1, testpub_tbl2 EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_tbl3);
+ERROR:  EXCEPT is not allowed for TABLE publication objects
+LINE 2:     FOR TABLE testpub_tbl1, testpub_tbl2 EXCEPT (TABLE testp...
+                                    ^
 ---------------------------------------------
 -- SET ALL TABLES/SEQUENCES
 ---------------------------------------------
@@ -470,7 +476,99 @@ HINT:  Change the publication's EXCEPT clause using ALTER PUBLICATION ... SET AL
 RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE testpub_root, testpub_part1, tab_main;
 DROP PUBLICATION testpub8;
---- Tests for publications with SEQUENCES
+---------------------------------------------
+-- EXCEPT tests for TABLES IN SCHEMA
+---------------------------------------------
+SET client_min_messages = 'ERROR';
+-- Create tables in pub_test for these tests
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1 (a int primary key, b text);
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2 (x int primary key, y text);
+-- Create same-named tables in public to verify unqualified EXCEPT entries
+-- are qualified with the named schema, not public
+CREATE TABLE testpub_nopk (foo int, bar int);
+CREATE TABLE testpub_tbl_s1 (a int primary key, b text);
+-- Basic: exclude one table from a schema publication
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except1
+                                                      Publication testpub_schema_except1
+          Owner           | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes | Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description 
+--------------------------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
+ regress_publication_user | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t         | none              | f        | 
+Tables from schemas:
+    "pub_test"
+Except tables:
+    "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1"
+
+-- Exclude multiple tables using unqualified names; same-named tables exist in
+-- public to confirm unqualified names resolve to pub_test, not public
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except2
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except2
+                                                      Publication testpub_schema_except2
+          Owner           | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes | Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description 
+--------------------------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
+ regress_publication_user | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t         | none              | f        | 
+Tables from schemas:
+    "pub_test"
+Except tables:
+    "pub_test.testpub_nopk"
+    "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1"
+
+-- fail: EXCEPT table belongs to a different schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_wrongschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testpub_tbl1);
+ERROR:  table "public.testpub_tbl1" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema "pub_test"
+LINE 2:     FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testp...
+                                                        ^
+-- fail: cross-schema EXCEPT not allowed; each EXCEPT is bound to its immediate schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_crossschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, public EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, public.testpub_tbl1);
+ERROR:  table "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema "public"
+LINE 2: ...R TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, public EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.t...
+                                                             ^
+-- Multiple schemas each with their own EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except_multi
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1),
+                  public EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_tbl1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except_multi
+                                                   Publication testpub_schema_except_multi
+          Owner           | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes | Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description 
+--------------------------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
+ regress_publication_user | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t         | none              | f        | 
+Tables from schemas:
+    "pub_test"
+    "public"
+Except tables:
+    "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1"
+    "public.testpub_tbl1"
+
+-- fail: table appears in both the explicit table list and the EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_conflict
+    FOR TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+ERROR:  table "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1" cannot appear in both the table list and the EXCEPT clause
+-- fail: nonexistent table in EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_norel
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.nonexistent_table);
+ERROR:  relation "pub_test.nonexistent_table" does not exist
+-- fail: partition cannot appear in EXCEPT clause; only root tables are allowed
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s (a int) PARTITION BY LIST (a);
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_part_s PARTITION OF pub_test.testpub_parted_s FOR VALUES IN (1);
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_partition
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_part_s);
+ERROR:  cannot specify relation "pub_test.testpub_part_s" in the publication EXCEPT clause
+DETAIL:  This operation is not supported for individual partitions.
+-- fail: TABLE keyword is required for the first entry in the EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_nokw
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (testpub_nopk);
+ERROR:  syntax error at or near "testpub_nopk"
+LINE 2:     FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (testpub_nopk);
+                                                  ^
+RESET client_min_messages;
+DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
+DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s CASCADE;
+DROP TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1;
+DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2, testpub_schema_except_multi;
 CREATE SEQUENCE regress_pub_seq0;
 CREATE SEQUENCE pub_test.regress_pub_seq1;
 -- FOR ALL SEQUENCES
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
index 041e14a4de6..5d8a4e2637e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_foralltables_excepttable1 FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (TABL
 \d testpub_tbl1
 -- fail - first table in the EXCEPT list should use TABLE keyword
 CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_foralltables_excepttable2 FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (testpub_tbl1, testpub_tbl2);
+-- fail - EXCEPT is not allowed for FOR TABLE publications
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_err
+    FOR TABLE testpub_tbl1, testpub_tbl2 EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_tbl3);
 
 ---------------------------------------------
 -- SET ALL TABLES/SEQUENCES
@@ -220,7 +223,67 @@ RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE testpub_root, testpub_part1, tab_main;
 DROP PUBLICATION testpub8;
 
---- Tests for publications with SEQUENCES
+---------------------------------------------
+-- EXCEPT tests for TABLES IN SCHEMA
+---------------------------------------------
+SET client_min_messages = 'ERROR';
+-- Create tables in pub_test for these tests
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1 (a int primary key, b text);
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2 (x int primary key, y text);
+-- Create same-named tables in public to verify unqualified EXCEPT entries
+-- are qualified with the named schema, not public
+CREATE TABLE testpub_nopk (foo int, bar int);
+CREATE TABLE testpub_tbl_s1 (a int primary key, b text);
+
+-- Basic: exclude one table from a schema publication
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except1
+
+-- Exclude multiple tables using unqualified names; same-named tables exist in
+-- public to confirm unqualified names resolve to pub_test, not public
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except2
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except2
+
+-- fail: EXCEPT table belongs to a different schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_wrongschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testpub_tbl1);
+
+-- fail: cross-schema EXCEPT not allowed; each EXCEPT is bound to its immediate schema
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_crossschema
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test, public EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, public.testpub_tbl1);
+
+-- Multiple schemas each with their own EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except_multi
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1),
+                  public EXCEPT (TABLE testpub_tbl1);
+\dRp+ testpub_schema_except_multi
+
+-- fail: table appears in both the explicit table list and the EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_conflict
+    FOR TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+
+-- fail: nonexistent table in EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_norel
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.nonexistent_table);
+
+-- fail: partition cannot appear in EXCEPT clause; only root tables are allowed
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s (a int) PARTITION BY LIST (a);
+CREATE TABLE pub_test.testpub_part_s PARTITION OF pub_test.testpub_parted_s FOR VALUES IN (1);
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_partition
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_part_s);
+
+-- fail: TABLE keyword is required for the first entry in the EXCEPT clause
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_nokw
+    FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (testpub_nopk);
+
+RESET client_min_messages;
+DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
+DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s CASCADE;
+DROP TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1;
+DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2, testpub_schema_except_multi;
+
 CREATE SEQUENCE regress_pub_seq0;
 CREATE SEQUENCE pub_test.regress_pub_seq1;
 
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
index 8c58d282eee..18c7b2c1fca 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ my $result;
 
 sub test_except_root_partition
 {
-	my ($pubviaroot) = @_;
+	my ($pubviaroot, $pubsql) = @_;
+	$pubsql //=
+	  "CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub_part FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (TABLE root1)";
+	$pubsql .= " WITH (publish_via_partition_root = $pubviaroot)";
 
 	# If the root partitioned table is in the EXCEPT clause, all its
 	# partitions are excluded from publication, regardless of the
 	# publish_via_partition_root setting.
 	$node_publisher->safe_psql(
 		'postgres', qq(
-		CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub_part FOR ALL TABLES EXCEPT (TABLE root1) WITH (publish_via_partition_root = $pubviaroot);
+		$pubsql;
 		INSERT INTO root1 VALUES (1), (101);
 	));
 	$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
@@ -223,6 +226,131 @@ $node_subscriber->safe_psql(
 test_except_root_partition('false');
 test_except_root_partition('true');
 
+# Same validation using TABLES IN SCHEMA instead of FOR ALL TABLES.
+my $schema_pub =
+  "CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub_part FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA public EXCEPT (TABLE public.root1)";
+test_except_root_partition('false', $schema_pub);
+test_except_root_partition('true', $schema_pub);
+
+# ============================================
+# EXCEPT test cases for TABLES IN SCHEMA
+# ============================================
+
+# Create a dedicated schema with two tables: one to be published and one to be
+# excluded.  Also create inherited tables to verify ONLY semantics.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	CREATE SCHEMA sch1;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_published AS SELECT generate_series(1,5) AS a;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_excluded AS SELECT generate_series(1,5) AS a;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.parent (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.child (b int) INHERITS (sch1.parent);
+));
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	CREATE SCHEMA sch1;
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_published (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.tab_excluded (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.parent (a int);
+	CREATE TABLE sch1.child (b int) INHERITS (sch1.parent);
+));
+
+# Basic test: initial sync respects EXCEPT.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE PUBLICATION sch_pub FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE sch1.tab_excluded)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION sch_pub"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_published");
+is($result, qq(5),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: initial sync copies included table');
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_excluded");
+is($result, qq(0),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: initial sync skips excluded table');
+
+# DML: only the included table should be replicated.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_published VALUES (6);
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_excluded VALUES (6);
+));
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_published");
+is($result, qq(6),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: DML on included table is replicated');
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_excluded");
+is($result, qq(0),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: DML on excluded table is not replicated');
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
+
+# Inherited tables: excluding the parent (without ONLY) also excludes the child.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE PUBLICATION sch_pub FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE sch1.parent)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION sch_pub"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"INSERT INTO sch1.child VALUES (generate_series(1,5), generate_series(1,5))"
+);
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.child");
+is($result, qq(0),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: excluding parent (without ONLY) also excludes child'
+);
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
+
+# Test that EXCEPT (TABLE ONLY parent) excludes only the parent itself, not its
+# child.  Truncate child first so rows from the previous test are not copied by
+# the initial table sync of the next subscription.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'TRUNCATE sch1.child');
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'TRUNCATE sch1.child');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE PUBLICATION sch_pub FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE ONLY sch1.parent)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION sch_pub"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"INSERT INTO sch1.child VALUES (generate_series(1,5), generate_series(1,5))"
+);
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.child");
+is($result, qq(5),
+	'TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: ONLY parent in EXCEPT does not exclude child');
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
+
+# Cleanup schema tables before the multi-publication section.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SCHEMA sch1 CASCADE');
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SCHEMA sch1 CASCADE');
+
 # ============================================
 # Test when a subscription is subscribing to multiple publications
 # ============================================
@@ -254,6 +382,7 @@ $node_publisher->safe_psql(
 	DROP PUBLICATION tap_pub2;
 	TRUNCATE tab1;
 ));
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION tap_sub');
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', qq(TRUNCATE tab1));
 
 # OK when a table is excluded by pub1 EXCEPT clause, but it is included by pub2
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)



  [application/octet-stream] v6-0002-Add-EXCEPT-support-to-ALTER-PUBLICATION-ADD-TABLE.patch (21.6K, 3-v6-0002-Add-EXCEPT-support-to-ALTER-PUBLICATION-ADD-TABLE.patch)
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From 0313eb30e5ea34cb3983fa61e54945d6bf0dcc01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:35:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH v6 2/3] Add EXCEPT support to ALTER PUBLICATION ADD TABLES IN
 SCHEMA

Extend the EXCEPT clause support to allow tables to be excluded when
adding a schema to a publication via ALTER PUBLICATION ... ADD:

Syntax:
  ALTER PUBLICATION pub ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA s EXCEPT (TABLE s.t1);

Since pg_dump uses ALTER PUBLICATION ... ADD, support for it is
included in this patch.
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml   |  42 +++++++-
 src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c      |  19 ++--
 src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c    | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c                 |  30 +++++-
 src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl          |  36 +++++++
 src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c            |  17 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/publication.out |  18 +++-
 src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql      |  11 ++-
 src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl     |  32 ++++++
 9 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml
index aa32bb169e9..8aedfd951a5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
 <phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">publication_object</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
 
     TABLE <replaceable class="parameter">table_and_columns</replaceable> [, ... ]
-    TABLES IN SCHEMA { <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> | CURRENT_SCHEMA } [, ... ]
+    TABLES IN SCHEMA { <replaceable class="parameter">schema_name</replaceable> | CURRENT_SCHEMA } [ EXCEPT ( <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> [, ... ] ) ] [, ... ]
 
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">publication_all_object</replaceable> is one of:</phrase>
 
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">table_object</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
    [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
+
+<phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> is:</phrase>
+
+   [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
 </synopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -110,6 +114,15 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
    <literal>ADD TABLE</literal>.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   The <literal>EXCEPT</literal> clause can be used with
+   <literal>ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> to exclude specific tables from a
+   schema-level publication. <literal>EXCEPT</literal> is not supported with
+   <literal>DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>; instead, dropping a schema from
+   the publication automatically removes all of its associated
+   <literal>EXCEPT</literal> entries.
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    The fourth variant of this command listed in the synopsis can change
    all of the publication properties specified in
@@ -198,6 +211,23 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
 
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>EXCEPT ( <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> [, ... ] )</literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Specifies tables to be excluded from a schema-level publication entry.
+      This clause may be used with <literal>ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>
+      and not with <literal>DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>.  Each named
+      table must belong to the schema specified in the same
+      <literal>TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> clause.  Table names may be
+      schema-qualified or unqualified; unqualified names are implicitly
+      qualified with the schema named in the same clause.  See
+      <xref linkend="sql-createpublication"/> for further details on the
+      semantics of <literal>EXCEPT</literal>.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
    <varlistentry>
     <term><literal>SET ( <replaceable class="parameter">publication_parameter</replaceable> [= <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>] [, ... ] )</literal></term>
     <listitem>
@@ -288,6 +318,16 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION sales_publication ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA marketing, sales;
 </programlisting>
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   Add schema <structname>sales</structname> to the publication
+   <structname>sales_publication</structname>, excluding the
+   <structname>sales.internal</structname> and
+   <structname>sales.drafts</structname> tables:
+<programlisting>
+ALTER PUBLICATION sales_publication ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA sales EXCEPT (TABLE sales.internal, sales.drafts);
+</programlisting>
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    Add tables <structname>users</structname>,
    <structname>departments</structname> and schema
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
index 6f945955901..a339abf5e1b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_publication.c
@@ -645,15 +645,18 @@ publication_add_relation(Oid pubid, PublicationRelInfo *pri,
 	 * here, as CreatePublication() function invalidates all relations as part
 	 * of defining a FOR ALL TABLES publication.
 	 *
-	 * For ALTER PUBLICATION, invalidation is needed only when adding an
-	 * EXCEPT table to a publication already marked as ALL TABLES. For
-	 * publications that were originally empty or defined as ALL SEQUENCES and
-	 * are being converted to ALL TABLES, invalidation is skipped here, as
-	 * AlterPublicationAllFlags() function invalidates all relations while
-	 * marking the publication as ALL TABLES publication.
+	 * For ALTER PUBLICATION, invalidation is needed when adding an EXCEPT
+	 * table to either a FOR ALL TABLES publication (pub->alltables is true)
+	 * or a FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA publication (is_schema_publication is true).
+	 * The exception: when a publication is being converted to FOR ALL TABLES
+	 * (pub->alltables is still false at this point),
+	 * AlterPublicationAllFlags() will perform a full invalidation, so we
+	 * skip it here.
 	 */
-	inval_except_table = (alter_stmt != NULL) && pub->alltables &&
-		(alter_stmt->for_all_tables && pri->except);
+	inval_except_table = (alter_stmt != NULL) && pri->except &&
+		(pub->alltables
+		 ? alter_stmt->for_all_tables
+		 : is_schema_publication(pubid));
 
 	if (!pri->except || inval_except_table)
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
index 95186ca7377..ea689e5da7c 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ static void PublicationDropTables(Oid pubid, List *rels, bool missing_ok);
 static void PublicationAddSchemas(Oid pubid, List *schemas, bool if_not_exists,
 								  AlterPublicationStmt *stmt);
 static void PublicationDropSchemas(Oid pubid, List *schemas, bool missing_ok);
+static void AlterPublicationExceptTables(AlterPublicationStmt *stmt,
+										 HeapTuple tup, List *exceptrelations,
+										 List *schemaidlist);
 static char defGetGeneratedColsOption(DefElem *def);
 
 
@@ -1519,6 +1522,13 @@ AlterPublicationSchemas(AlterPublicationStmt *stmt,
 		}
 
 		PublicationAddSchemas(pubform->oid, schemaidlist, false, stmt);
+
+		/*
+		 * Increment the command counter so that is_schema_publication() in
+		 * GetExcludedPublicationTables() can see the just-inserted schema
+		 * rows when AlterPublicationExceptTables runs next.
+		 */
+		CommandCounterIncrement();
 	}
 	else if (stmt->action == AP_DropObjects)
 		PublicationDropSchemas(pubform->oid, schemaidlist, false);
@@ -1544,6 +1554,100 @@ AlterPublicationSchemas(AlterPublicationStmt *stmt,
 		 * skip existing ones when doing catalog update.
 		 */
 		PublicationAddSchemas(pubform->oid, schemaidlist, true, stmt);
+
+		/*
+		 * Increment the command counter so that is_schema_publication() in
+		 * GetExcludedPublicationTables() can see the just-inserted schema
+		 * rows when AlterPublicationExceptTables runs next.
+		 */
+		CommandCounterIncrement();
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Alter the EXCEPT list of a publication.
+ *
+ * Adds, removes, or replaces except-table entries in pg_publication_rel
+ * (rows with prexcept = true).  These entries suppress publication of the
+ * named tables that would otherwise be covered by a FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA
+ * or FOR ALL TABLES clause.
+ */
+static void
+AlterPublicationExceptTables(AlterPublicationStmt *stmt,
+							 HeapTuple tup, List *exceptrelations,
+							 List *schemaidlist)
+{
+	Form_pg_publication pubform = (Form_pg_publication) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+	Oid			pubid = pubform->oid;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nothing to do if no EXCEPT entries.
+	 */
+	if (!exceptrelations)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * This function handles EXCEPT entries for schema-level publications
+	 * only.  For FOR ALL TABLES publications, EXCEPT entries are already
+	 * processed by AlterPublicationTables().
+	 */
+	if (schemaidlist == NIL && !is_schema_publication(pubid))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * 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".
+	 */
+	if (stmt->action == AP_DropObjects)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+				 errmsg("EXCEPT clause is not supported with DROP in ALTER PUBLICATION")));
+
+	/*
+	 * EXCEPT with SET is not supported: SET replaces the schema list but does
+	 * not have a well-defined semantics for merging or replacing existing
+	 * except entries.  Users should DROP and re-ADD the schema with the
+	 * desired EXCEPT list instead.
+	 */
+	if (stmt->action == AP_SetObjects)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+				 errmsg("EXCEPT clause is not supported with SET in ALTER PUBLICATION")));
+
+	if (stmt->action == AP_AddObjects)
+	{
+		List	   *rels;
+		List	   *explicitrelids;
+		ListCell   *lc;
+
+		rels = OpenTableList(exceptrelations);
+
+		explicitrelids = GetIncludedPublicationRelations(pubid,
+														 PUBLICATION_PART_ROOT);
+
+		/*
+		 * Validate that each excluded table is not also in the explicit table
+		 * list (which would be contradictory).
+		 */
+		foreach(lc, rels)
+		{
+			PublicationRelInfo *pri = (PublicationRelInfo *) lfirst(lc);
+			Oid			relid = RelationGetRelid(pri->relation);
+			Oid			relns = RelationGetNamespace(pri->relation);
+
+			if (list_member_oid(explicitrelids, relid))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+						errmsg("table \"%s.%s\" cannot appear in both the table list and the EXCEPT clause",
+							   get_namespace_name(relns),
+							   RelationGetRelationName(pri->relation)));
+		}
+
+		PublicationAddTables(pubid, rels, false, stmt);
+
+		CloseTableList(rels);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1754,10 +1858,17 @@ AlterPublication(ParseState *pstate, AlterPublicationStmt *stmt)
 					errmsg("publication \"%s\" does not exist",
 						   stmt->pubname));
 
-		relations = list_concat(relations, exceptrelations);
+		/*
+		 * For FOR ALL TABLES, EXCEPT entries are processed by
+		 * AlterPublicationTables(), so merge them in.  For TABLES IN SCHEMA,
+		 * they are handled separately by AlterPublicationExceptTables().
+		 */
+		if (stmt->for_all_tables)
+			relations = list_concat(relations, exceptrelations);
 		AlterPublicationTables(stmt, tup, relations, pstate->p_sourcetext,
 							   schemaidlist != NIL);
 		AlterPublicationSchemas(stmt, tup, schemaidlist);
+		AlterPublicationExceptTables(stmt, tup, exceptrelations, schemaidlist);
 		AlterPublicationAllFlags(stmt, rel, tup);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index d56dcc701ce..e62d74c8ca0 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -5019,6 +5019,7 @@ dumpPublicationNamespace(Archive *fout, const PublicationSchemaInfo *pubsinfo)
 	PublicationInfo *pubinfo = pubsinfo->publication;
 	PQExpBuffer query;
 	char	   *tag;
+	bool		has_except = false;
 
 	/* Do nothing if not dumping schema */
 	if (!dopt->dumpSchema)
@@ -5029,7 +5030,34 @@ dumpPublicationNamespace(Archive *fout, const PublicationSchemaInfo *pubsinfo)
 	query = createPQExpBuffer();
 
 	appendPQExpBuffer(query, "ALTER PUBLICATION %s ", fmtId(pubinfo->dobj.name));
-	appendPQExpBuffer(query, "ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA %s;\n", fmtId(schemainfo->dobj.name));
+	appendPQExpBuffer(query, "ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA %s", fmtId(schemainfo->dobj.name));
+
+	/*
+	 * Append EXCEPT clause for any tables that belong to this schema
+	 * and are excluded from the publication.
+	 */
+	for (SimplePtrListCell *cell = pubinfo->except_tables.head; cell; cell = cell->next)
+	{
+		TableInfo  *tbinfo = (TableInfo *) cell->ptr;
+
+		if (strcmp(tbinfo->dobj.namespace->dobj.name, schemainfo->dobj.name) == 0)
+		{
+			if (!has_except)
+			{
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(query, " EXCEPT (");
+				has_except = true;
+			}
+			else
+				appendPQExpBufferStr(query, ", ");
+
+			appendPQExpBuffer(query, "TABLE ONLY %s", fmtId(tbinfo->dobj.name));
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (has_except)
+		appendPQExpBufferStr(query, ")");
+
+	appendPQExpBufferStr(query, ";\n");
 
 	/*
 	 * There is no point in creating drop query as the drop is done by schema
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl b/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl
index 3ee9fda50e4..af37bcb3627 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/t/002_pg_dump.pl
@@ -3242,6 +3242,42 @@ my %tests = (
 		like => { %full_runs, section_post_data => 1, },
 	},
 
+	'CREATE PUBLICATION pub11' => {
+		create_order => 50,
+		create_sql =>
+		  'CREATE PUBLICATION pub11 FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test EXCEPT (TABLE dump_test.test_table);',
+		regexp => qr/^
+			\QCREATE PUBLICATION pub11 WITH (publish = 'insert, update, delete, truncate');\E
+			/xm,
+		like => { %full_runs, section_post_data => 1, },
+	},
+
+	'ALTER PUBLICATION pub11 ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test EXCEPT (dump_test.test_table)'
+	  => {
+		regexp => qr/^
+			\QALTER PUBLICATION pub11 ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test EXCEPT (TABLE ONLY test_table);\E
+			/xm,
+		like => { %full_runs, section_post_data => 1, },
+	  },
+
+	'CREATE PUBLICATION pub12' => {
+		create_order => 50,
+		create_sql =>
+		  'CREATE PUBLICATION pub12 FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test EXCEPT (TABLE dump_test.test_table, dump_test.test_second_table);',
+		regexp => qr/^
+			\QCREATE PUBLICATION pub12 WITH (publish = 'insert, update, delete, truncate');\E
+			/xm,
+		like => { %full_runs, section_post_data => 1, },
+	},
+
+	'ALTER PUBLICATION pub12 ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test EXCEPT (dump_test.test_table, dump_test.test_second_table)'
+	  => {
+		regexp => qr/^
+			\QALTER PUBLICATION pub12 ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA dump_test EXCEPT (TABLE ONLY test_table, TABLE ONLY test_second_table);\E
+			/xm,
+		like => { %full_runs, section_post_data => 1, },
+	  },
+
 	'CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sub1' => {
 		create_order => 50,
 		create_sql => 'CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sub1
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
index 2c652cf32a0..6ea92444105 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
@@ -2364,6 +2364,23 @@ match_previous_words(int pattern_id,
 		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_PLUS(Query_for_list_of_schemas
 								 " AND nspname NOT LIKE E'pg\\\\_%%'",
 								 "CURRENT_SCHEMA");
+	/* After a single schema name in ADD context, offer EXCEPT ( TABLE */
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "ADD", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny) &&
+			 !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("EXCEPT ( TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "ADD", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT"))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("( TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "ADD", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "("))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "ADD", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE"))
+	{
+		set_completion_reference(prev4_wd);
+		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_tables_in_schema);
+	}
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "ADD", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH_SCHEMA_QUERY(Query_for_list_of_tables);
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "ADD", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH(")");
 	/* ALTER PUBLICATION <name> SET ( */
 	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, MatchAnyN, "SET", "("))
 		COMPLETE_WITH("publish", "publish_generated_columns", "publish_via_partition_root");
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
index 77d77c89d80..a9d5e7a49db 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
@@ -564,11 +564,27 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_nokw
 ERROR:  syntax error at or near "testpub_nopk"
 LINE 2:     FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (testpub_nopk);
                                                   ^
+---------------------------------------------
+-- EXCEPT tests for ALTER PUBLICATION
+---------------------------------------------
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except;
+-- ADD: add a schema with an excepted table
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_alter_except
+                                                       Publication testpub_alter_except
+          Owner           | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes | Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description 
+--------------------------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
+ regress_publication_user | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t         | none              | f        | 
+Tables from schemas:
+    "pub_test"
+Except tables:
+    "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1"
+
 RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s CASCADE;
 DROP TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1;
-DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2, testpub_schema_except_multi;
+DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2, testpub_schema_except_multi, testpub_alter_except;
 CREATE SEQUENCE regress_pub_seq0;
 CREATE SEQUENCE pub_test.regress_pub_seq1;
 -- FOR ALL SEQUENCES
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
index 5d8a4e2637e..6b9eb26a2af 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
@@ -278,11 +278,20 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_partition
 CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_except_nokw
     FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (testpub_nopk);
 
+---------------------------------------------
+-- EXCEPT tests for ALTER PUBLICATION
+---------------------------------------------
+CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except;
+
+-- ADD: add a schema with an excepted table
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
+\dRp+ testpub_alter_except
+
 RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s CASCADE;
 DROP TABLE testpub_nopk, testpub_tbl_s1;
-DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2, testpub_schema_except_multi;
+DROP PUBLICATION testpub_schema_except1, testpub_schema_except2, testpub_schema_except_multi, testpub_alter_except;
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE regress_pub_seq0;
 CREATE SEQUENCE pub_test.regress_pub_seq1;
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
index 18c7b2c1fca..0ba6d6f8bb2 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
@@ -347,6 +347,38 @@ is($result, qq(5),
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
 
+# ============================================
+# ALTER PUBLICATION EXCEPT for TABLES IN SCHEMA
+# ============================================
+
+# Truncate subscriber tables to remove data accumulated from previous tests.
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	'TRUNCATE sch1.tab_published, sch1.tab_excluded, sch1.parent, sch1.child');
+
+# ADD: add a schema with an excepted table; verify the except entry takes effect.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE PUBLICATION sch_pub");
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"ALTER PUBLICATION sch_pub ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE sch1.tab_excluded)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION sch_pub"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_published");
+is($result, qq(6),
+	'ALTER ... ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: included table synced');
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_excluded");
+is($result, qq(0),
+	'ALTER ... ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: excluded table not synced');
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
+
 # Cleanup schema tables before the multi-publication section.
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SCHEMA sch1 CASCADE');
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SCHEMA sch1 CASCADE');
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)



  [application/octet-stream] v6-0003-Add-EXCEPT-support-to-ALTER-PUBLICATION-SET-TABLE.patch (20.0K, 4-v6-0003-Add-EXCEPT-support-to-ALTER-PUBLICATION-SET-TABLE.patch)
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From d7088cb54fa57c9000e57054f6db16721bbf0013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:44:35 +0530
Subject: [PATCH v6 3/3] Add EXCEPT support to ALTER PUBLICATION SET TABLES IN
 SCHEMA

Extend AlterPublicationExceptTables() with the AP_SetObjects case,
which redefine the publication and replaces the entire EXCEPT list.

Syntax:
ALTER PUBLICATION pub SET TABLES IN SCHEMA s EXCEPT (TABLE t1);

This patch also cleans up EXCEPT entries when a schema is dropped
from the publication.
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml   |  36 ++++--
 src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c    | 145 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c            |  17 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/publication.out |  20 +++
 src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql      |  10 ++
 src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl     |  90 ++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 293 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml
index 8aedfd951a5..1b73b34e43a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
 <phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">table_object</replaceable> is:</phrase>
 
    [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
-
-<phrase>and <replaceable class="parameter">except_table_object</replaceable> is:</phrase>
-
-   [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
 </synopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -97,7 +93,11 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
    used with a publication defined with <literal>FOR TABLE</literal> or
    <literal>FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>, replaces the list of tables/schemas
    in the publication with the specified list; the existing tables or schemas
-   that were present in the publication will be removed.
+   that were present in the publication will be removed.  When
+   <literal>SET TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> is used with an
+   <literal>EXCEPT</literal> clause, the excluded tables for each schema are
+   replaced with the specified list; if <literal>EXCEPT</literal> is omitted
+   for a schema, any existing exclusions for that schema are cleared.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
 
   <para>
    The <literal>EXCEPT</literal> clause can be used with
-   <literal>ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> to exclude specific tables from a
+   <literal>ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> and
+   <literal>SET TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> to exclude specific tables from a
    schema-level publication. <literal>EXCEPT</literal> is not supported with
    <literal>DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>; instead, dropping a schema from
    the publication automatically removes all of its associated
@@ -217,12 +218,12 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> RENAME TO <r
      <para>
       Specifies tables to be excluded from a schema-level publication entry.
       This clause may be used with <literal>ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>
-      and not with <literal>DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>.  Each named
-      table must belong to the schema specified in the same
-      <literal>TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal> clause.  Table names may be
-      schema-qualified or unqualified; unqualified names are implicitly
-      qualified with the schema named in the same clause.  See
-      <xref linkend="sql-createpublication"/> for further details on the
+      and <literal>SET TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>, and not with
+      <literal>DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>.  Each named table must belong
+      to the schema specified in the same <literal>TABLES IN SCHEMA</literal>
+      clause.  Table names may be schema-qualified or unqualified; unqualified
+      names are implicitly qualified with the schema named in the same clause.
+      See <xref linkend="sql-createpublication"/> for further details on the
       semantics of <literal>EXCEPT</literal>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
@@ -328,6 +329,17 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION sales_publication ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA sales EXCEPT (TABLE sal
 </programlisting>
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   Replace the schema list of <structname>sales_publication</structname> with
+   <structname>sales</structname>, excluding only
+   <structname>sales.drafts</structname> (any previously excluded tables for
+   that schema are replaced, and schemas previously in the publication are
+   removed):
+<programlisting>
+ALTER PUBLICATION sales_publication SET TABLES IN SCHEMA sales EXCEPT (TABLE sales.drafts);
+</programlisting>
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    Add tables <structname>users</structname>,
    <structname>departments</structname> and schema
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
index ea689e5da7c..5118881ff6c 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
@@ -1581,9 +1581,11 @@ AlterPublicationExceptTables(AlterPublicationStmt *stmt,
 	Oid			pubid = pubform->oid;
 
 	/*
-	 * Nothing to do if no EXCEPT entries.
+	 * Nothing to do if no EXCEPT entries, except in SET: for that it is quite
+	 * possible that the user has removed all exceptions, in which case we
+	 * need to drop any existing ones.
 	 */
-	if (!exceptrelations)
+	if (!exceptrelations && stmt->action != AP_SetObjects)
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -1605,17 +1607,6 @@ AlterPublicationExceptTables(AlterPublicationStmt *stmt,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 				 errmsg("EXCEPT clause is not supported with DROP in ALTER PUBLICATION")));
 
-	/*
-	 * EXCEPT with SET is not supported: SET replaces the schema list but does
-	 * not have a well-defined semantics for merging or replacing existing
-	 * except entries.  Users should DROP and re-ADD the schema with the
-	 * desired EXCEPT list instead.
-	 */
-	if (stmt->action == AP_SetObjects)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
-				 errmsg("EXCEPT clause is not supported with SET in ALTER PUBLICATION")));
-
 	if (stmt->action == AP_AddObjects)
 	{
 		List	   *rels;
@@ -1647,6 +1638,95 @@ AlterPublicationExceptTables(AlterPublicationStmt *stmt,
 
 		PublicationAddTables(pubid, rels, false, stmt);
 
+		CloseTableList(rels);
+	}
+	else						/* AP_SetObjects */
+	{
+		List	   *oldexceptrelids = NIL;
+		List	   *newexceptrelids = NIL;
+		List	   *delrelids = NIL;
+		List	   *rels;
+		List	   *explicitrelids;
+		ListCell   *lc;
+
+		rels = OpenTableList(exceptrelations);
+
+		/* Collect OIDs of the desired new except list. */
+		foreach(lc, rels)
+		{
+			PublicationRelInfo *pri = (PublicationRelInfo *) lfirst(lc);
+
+			newexceptrelids = lappend_oid(newexceptrelids,
+										  RelationGetRelid(pri->relation));
+		}
+
+		explicitrelids = GetIncludedPublicationRelations(pubid,
+														 PUBLICATION_PART_ROOT);
+
+		/*
+		 * Validate that each excluded table is not also in the explicit table
+		 * list (which would be contradictory).
+		 */
+		foreach(lc, rels)
+		{
+			PublicationRelInfo *pri = (PublicationRelInfo *) lfirst(lc);
+			Oid			relid = RelationGetRelid(pri->relation);
+			Oid			relns = RelationGetNamespace(pri->relation);
+
+			if (list_member_oid(explicitrelids, relid))
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+						errmsg("table \"%s.%s\" cannot appear in both the table list and the EXCEPT clause",
+							   get_namespace_name(relns),
+							   RelationGetRelationName(pri->relation)));
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Get the current set of except entries.  Only FOR ALL TABLES and
+		 * schema-level publications can have except entries; for any other
+		 * publication type oldexceptrelids stays NIL.
+		 *
+		 * Note: we check is_schema_publication() against the current catalog
+		 * state (before AlterPublicationSchemas has run), so if the caller is
+		 * doing SET TABLE t1 to convert a schema publication into a plain
+		 * table publication, is_schema_publication() still returns true here.
+		 * That is intentional: it lets us discover and clean up any stale
+		 * except entries that belong to the old schema definition.
+		 */
+		if (GetPublication(pubid)->alltables || is_schema_publication(pubid))
+			oldexceptrelids = GetExcludedPublicationTables(pubid,
+														   PUBLICATION_PART_ROOT);
+
+		/* Build a list of old except entries not present in the new list. */
+		foreach(lc, oldexceptrelids)
+		{
+			Oid			oldrelid = lfirst_oid(lc);
+
+			if (!list_member_oid(newexceptrelids, oldrelid))
+				delrelids = lappend_oid(delrelids, oldrelid);
+		}
+
+		/* Drop old except entries not present in the new list. */
+		foreach(lc, delrelids)
+		{
+			Oid			relid = lfirst_oid(lc);
+			Oid			proid;
+			ObjectAddress obj;
+
+			proid = GetSysCacheOid2(PUBLICATIONRELMAP,
+									Anum_pg_publication_rel_oid,
+									ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
+									ObjectIdGetDatum(pubid));
+			if (!OidIsValid(proid))
+				continue;		/* already gone */
+
+			ObjectAddressSet(obj, PublicationRelRelationId, proid);
+			performDeletion(&obj, DROP_CASCADE, 0);
+		}
+
+		/* Add new except entries, skipping any already present. */
+		PublicationAddTables(pubid, rels, true, stmt);
+
 		CloseTableList(rels);
 	}
 }
@@ -2301,6 +2381,8 @@ PublicationDropSchemas(Oid pubid, List *schemas, bool missing_ok)
 	foreach(lc, schemas)
 	{
 		Oid			schemaid = lfirst_oid(lc);
+		List	   *exceptoids;
+		ListCell   *elc;
 
 		psid = GetSysCacheOid2(PUBLICATIONNAMESPACEMAP,
 							   Anum_pg_publication_namespace_oid,
@@ -2317,8 +2399,45 @@ PublicationDropSchemas(Oid pubid, List *schemas, bool missing_ok)
 							get_namespace_name(schemaid))));
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Collect prexcept rows for tables belonging to this schema before
+		 * removing the schema entry.  GetExcludedPublicationTables relies on
+		 * is_schema_publication(), which scans pg_publication_namespace; if
+		 * this is the last schema in the publication, performDeletion() below
+		 * would remove that row and make is_schema_publication() return
+		 * false, tripping the assertion.
+		 */
+		exceptoids = GetExcludedPublicationTables(pubid, PUBLICATION_PART_ROOT);
+
 		ObjectAddressSet(obj, PublicationNamespaceRelationId, psid);
 		performDeletion(&obj, DROP_CASCADE, 0);
+
+		/*
+		 * Drop any prexcept rows for tables belonging to this schema. These
+		 * rows have no pg_depend entry pointing at the
+		 * pg_publication_namespace row, so they are not cascaded by the
+		 * performDeletion() call above and must be cleaned up explicitly.
+		 */
+		foreach(elc, exceptoids)
+		{
+			Oid			relid = lfirst_oid(elc);
+			Oid			proid;
+
+			if (get_rel_namespace(relid) != schemaid)
+				continue;
+
+			proid = GetSysCacheOid2(PUBLICATIONRELMAP,
+									Anum_pg_publication_rel_oid,
+									ObjectIdGetDatum(relid),
+									ObjectIdGetDatum(pubid));
+			if (!OidIsValid(proid))
+				continue;		/* already gone */
+
+			ObjectAddressSet(obj, PublicationRelRelationId, proid);
+			performDeletion(&obj, DROP_CASCADE, 0);
+		}
+
+		list_free(exceptoids);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
index 6ea92444105..8dce408143f 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
@@ -2381,6 +2381,23 @@ match_previous_words(int pattern_id,
 		COMPLETE_WITH_SCHEMA_QUERY(Query_for_list_of_tables);
 	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "ADD", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
 		COMPLETE_WITH(")");
+	/* After a single schema name in SET context, offer EXCEPT ( TABLE */
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "SET", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny) &&
+			 !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("EXCEPT ( TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "SET", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT"))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("( TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "SET", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "("))
+		COMPLETE_WITH("TABLE");
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "SET", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE"))
+	{
+		set_completion_reference(prev4_wd);
+		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY_VERBATIM(Query_for_list_of_tables_in_schema);
+	}
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "SET", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH_SCHEMA_QUERY(Query_for_list_of_tables);
+	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, "SET", "TABLES", "IN", "SCHEMA", MatchAny, "EXCEPT", "(", "TABLE", MatchAnyN) && !ends_with(prev_wd, ','))
+		COMPLETE_WITH(")");
 	/* ALTER PUBLICATION <name> SET ( */
 	else if (Matches("ALTER", "PUBLICATION", MatchAny, MatchAnyN, "SET", "("))
 		COMPLETE_WITH("publish", "publish_generated_columns", "publish_via_partition_root");
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
index a9d5e7a49db..c93d1c96276 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/publication.out
@@ -580,6 +580,26 @@ Tables from schemas:
 Except tables:
     "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1"
 
+-- SET: replace the except list (keep same schema, different except table)
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except SET TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2);
+\dRp+ testpub_alter_except
+                                                       Publication testpub_alter_except
+          Owner           | All tables | All sequences | Inserts | Updates | Deletes | Truncates | Generated columns | Via root | Description 
+--------------------------+------------+---------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+-------------------+----------+-------------
+ regress_publication_user | f          | f             | t       | t       | t       | t         | none              | f        | 
+Tables from schemas:
+    "pub_test"
+Except tables:
+    "pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2"
+
+-- error: EXCEPT is not allowed with DROP
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2);
+ERROR:  EXCEPT clause is not supported with DROP in ALTER PUBLICATION
+-- error: except table's schema (public) not in the publication's schema list (pub_test)
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except SET TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testpub_tbl1);
+ERROR:  table "public.testpub_tbl1" in EXCEPT clause does not belong to schema "pub_test"
+LINE 1: ...xcept SET TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.tes...
+                                                             ^
 RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s CASCADE;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
index 6b9eb26a2af..496c039ca25 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/publication.sql
@@ -287,6 +287,16 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except;
 ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1);
 \dRp+ testpub_alter_except
 
+-- SET: replace the except list (keep same schema, different except table)
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except SET TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2);
+\dRp+ testpub_alter_except
+
+-- error: EXCEPT is not allowed with DROP
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except DROP TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2);
+
+-- error: except table's schema (public) not in the publication's schema list (pub_test)
+ALTER PUBLICATION testpub_alter_except SET TABLES IN SCHEMA pub_test EXCEPT (TABLE public.testpub_tbl1);
+
 RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_tbl_s1, pub_test.testpub_tbl_s2;
 DROP TABLE pub_test.testpub_parted_s CASCADE;
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
index 0ba6d6f8bb2..a32b2d7861a 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/037_except.pl
@@ -376,6 +376,66 @@ $result =
 is($result, qq(0),
 	'ALTER ... ADD TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: excluded table not synced');
 
+# SET: replace the except list; tab_excluded is now included and tab_published is excluded.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"ALTER PUBLICATION sch_pub SET TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1 EXCEPT (TABLE sch1.tab_published)"
+);
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"ALTER SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub REFRESH PUBLICATION");
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_published VALUES (7);
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_excluded VALUES (7);
+));
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_excluded");
+is($result, qq(7),
+	'ALTER ... SET TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: newly included table is replicated'
+);
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_published");
+is($result, qq(6),
+	'ALTER ... SET TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: now-excluded table is not replicated'
+);
+
+# SET without EXCEPT: clears the except list; both tables are now published.
+# tab_published will be re-synced because REFRESH removed its entry when it was
+# excluded.  Truncate the subscriber copy beforehand so the re-sync produces
+# a predictable count: publisher has 7 rows (6 original + INSERT(7)), so the
+# subscriber ends up with 7 after re-sync, then 8 after INSERT(8).
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'TRUNCATE sch1.tab_published');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"ALTER PUBLICATION sch_pub SET TABLES IN SCHEMA sch1");
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"ALTER SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub REFRESH PUBLICATION");
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'sch_sub');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_published VALUES (8);
+	INSERT INTO sch1.tab_excluded VALUES (8);
+));
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('sch_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_published");
+is($result, qq(8),
+	'ALTER ... SET TABLES IN SCHEMA (no EXCEPT): tab_published replicated after except list cleared'
+);
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM sch1.tab_excluded");
+is($result, qq(8),
+	'ALTER ... SET TABLES IN SCHEMA (no EXCEPT): tab_excluded replicated after except list cleared'
+);
+
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION sch_sub');
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION sch_pub');
 
@@ -443,6 +503,36 @@ $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION tap_sub');
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION tap_pub1');
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION tap_pub2');
 
+# OK when a table is excluded by a TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT publication,
+# but is included by another publication.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'TRUNCATE tab1');
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'TRUNCATE tab1');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub1 FOR TABLES IN SCHEMA public EXCEPT (TABLE public.tab1);
+	CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub2 FOR TABLE tab1;
+	INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES(1);
+));
+$node_subscriber->psql('postgres',
+	"CREATE SUBSCRIPTION tap_sub CONNECTION '$publisher_connstr' PUBLICATION tap_pub1, tap_pub2"
+);
+$node_subscriber->wait_for_subscription_sync($node_publisher, 'tap_sub');
+
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', qq(INSERT INTO tab1 VALUES(2)));
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup('tap_sub');
+
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT * FROM tab1 ORDER BY a");
+is( $result, qq(1
+2),
+	"TABLES IN SCHEMA EXCEPT: table excluded in schema pub but included by another pub is replicated"
+);
+
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP SUBSCRIPTION tap_sub');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION tap_pub1');
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', 'DROP PUBLICATION tap_pub2');
+
 $node_publisher->stop('fast');
 
 done_testing();
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)



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