Re: postgres_fdw foreign tables and serial columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

"Nicholson, Brad (Toronto, ON, CA)" <bnicholson@hp.com> writes:
> [ this error message sucks: ]
> test=# create foreign table local_foo (id serial) server test_server options (table_name 'foo');
                                    
 
> ERROR:  referenced relation "local_foo" is not a table

Yeah, I'd noticed that myself.  We could probably tweak the code to
issue a different error message and/or add a HINT if the serial's
parent relation is a foreign table.  I'm not exactly sure what it
should say though.  Thoughts?
        regards, tom lane