From 51b3e27b35d21f6cd63be6bd34db61a32bd38154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:32:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH v20260219 2/3] Flip logic in table validate_relation_kind

It instead of checking which relkinds it shouldn't be, explicitly list
the ones we accept.  This is used to check which relkinds are accepted
in table_open() and related functions.  Before this change, figuring
that out was always a few steps too complicated.  This also makes
changes for new relkinds more explicit instead of accidental.
Finally, this makes this more aligned with the functions of the same
name in src/backend/access/index/indexam.c and
src/backend/access/sequence/sequence.c.
---
 src/backend/access/table/table.c | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/table/table.c b/src/backend/access/table/table.c
index fe330ae862a..0d8662a1452 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/table/table.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/table/table.c
@@ -131,15 +131,20 @@ table_close(Relation relation, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 /* ----------------
  *		validate_relation_kind - check the relation's kind
  *
- *		Make sure relkind is not index or composite type
+ *		Make sure relkind is table-like.  In particular, this excludes indexes
+ *		and composite types, which cannot be read from in a query.
  * ----------------
  */
 static inline void
 validate_relation_kind(Relation r)
 {
-	if (r->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_INDEX ||
-		r->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_PARTITIONED_INDEX ||
-		r->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_COMPOSITE_TYPE)
+	if (r->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_RELATION &&
+		r->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_SEQUENCE &&
+		r->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_TOASTVALUE &&
+		r->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_VIEW &&
+		r->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_MATVIEW &&
+		r->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_FOREIGN_TABLE &&
+		r->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 				 errmsg("cannot open relation \"%s\"",
-- 
2.34.1

