Tom Lane wrote:
> "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?
HINT: Serial columns can only be defined for local tables. Use "integer" or "bigint" instead.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe