Give WARNING if object is local, ERROR out if it is distributed

src/backend/distributed/commands/view.c

@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ PostprocessViewStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString)
 		return NIL;
 	}
 
+	if (!HasAnyNodes())
+	{
+		return NIL;
+	}
+
 	ObjectAddress viewAddress = GetObjectAddressFromParseTree((Node *) stmt, false);
 
 	if (IsObjectAddressOwnedByExtension(&viewAddress, NULL))
@@ -105,13 +110,16 @@ PostprocessViewStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString)
 
 	if (errMsg != NULL)
 	{
-		if (HasAnyNodes())
+		if (IsObjectDistributed(&viewAddress))
+		{
+			RaiseDeferredError(errMsg, ERROR);
+		}
+		else
 		{
 			RaiseDeferredError(errMsg, WARNING);
-		}
-
 			return NIL;
 		}
+	}
 
 	EnsureDependenciesExistOnAllNodes(&viewAddress);
 

src/backend/distributed/metadata/dependency.c

@@ -803,8 +803,11 @@ DeferErrorIfHasUnsupportedDependency(const ObjectAddress *objectAddress)
 	 * Otherwise, callers are expected to throw the error returned from this
 	 * function as a hard one by ignoring the detail part.
 	 */
+	if (!IsObjectDistributed(objectAddress))
+	{
 		appendStringInfo(detailInfo, "\"%s\" will be created only locally",
 						 objectDescription);
+	}
 
 	if (SupportedDependencyByCitus(undistributableDependency))
 	{
@@ -815,9 +818,18 @@ DeferErrorIfHasUnsupportedDependency(const ObjectAddress *objectAddress)
 						 objectDescription,
 						 dependencyDescription);
 
+		if (IsObjectDistributed(objectAddress))
+		{
+			appendStringInfo(hintInfo, "Distribute \"%s\" first to update \"%s\" on worker nodes",
+					dependencyDescription,
+					objectDescription);
+		}
+		else
+		{
 			appendStringInfo(hintInfo, "Distribute \"%s\" first to distribute \"%s\"",
 					dependencyDescription,
 					objectDescription);
+		}
 
 		return DeferredError(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED,
 							 errorInfo->data, detailInfo->data, hintInfo->data);