davidradl commented on code in PR #25758: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/25758#discussion_r1876128994
########## flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/operations/MergeTableAsUtil.java: ########## @@ -386,19 +387,24 @@ private void validateImplicitCastCompatibility( int columnPos, UnresolvedColumn sourceColumn, UnresolvedColumn sinkColumn) { - if (!(sinkColumn instanceof UnresolvedPhysicalColumn)) { + LogicalType sinkColumnType; + + if (sinkColumn instanceof UnresolvedPhysicalColumn) { + sinkColumnType = getLogicalType(((UnresolvedPhysicalColumn) sinkColumn)); + } else if ((sinkColumn instanceof UnresolvedMetadataColumn) + && !((UnresolvedMetadataColumn) sinkColumn).isVirtual()) { + sinkColumnType = getLogicalType(((UnresolvedMetadataColumn) sinkColumn)); + } else { throw new ValidationException( String.format( "A column named '%s' already exists in the source schema. " - + "Computed and metadata columns cannot overwrite " - + "regular columns.", + + "Computed and virtual metadata columns cannot overwrite " Review Comment: could we have different message for computed and virtual cases, so the message is specific. We could test each message in the unit tests. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@flink.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org