spena commented on code in PR #25758: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/25758#discussion_r1876496585
########## 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: Yes. I updated the PR with new tests with different messages. -- 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