# Waiting for PostgreSQL 19 - Add support for EXCEPT TABLE in ALTER PUBLICATION.

DevFeed: [Waiting for PostgreSQL 19 - Add support for EXCEPT TABLE in ALTER PUBLICATION.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/waiting-for-postgresql-19-add-support-for-except-table-in-alter-publication-33683.md>)

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Author: depesz

Published: 2026-03-26T11:46:24Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [syntax](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/syntax.md>)

Tags: [alter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alter.md>), [commit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commit.md>), [except](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/except.md>), [logical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logical.md>), [pg19](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pg19.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [publication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/publication.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>), [table](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/table.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>), [waiting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/waiting.md>)

## AI overview

This article discusses a PostgreSQL 19 patch adding EXCEPT TABLE support to ALTER PUBLICATION. The change allows modifying a publication's table exclusion list, though the example notes that specifying an exclusion for one publication replaced its previous exclusion list.

## Source excerpt

On 20th of March 2026, Amit Kapila committed patch: Add support for EXCEPT TABLE in ALTER PUBLICATION. Following commit fd366065e0, which added EXCEPT TABLE support to CREATE PUBLICATION, this commit extends ALTER PUBLICATION to allow modifying the exclusion list. New Syntax: ALTER PUBLICATION name SET publication_all_object [, ... ] where publication_all_object is ... Continue reading "Waiting for PostgreSQL 19 - Add support for EXCEPT TABLE in ALTER PUBLICATION."