davidradl commented on code in PR #25758:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/25758#discussion_r1876128994


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flink-table/flink-table-planner/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/planner/operations/MergeTableAsUtil.java:
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@@ -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.   
   



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