Check earlier that the database has a schema mentioned in the config

Author: joto

src/flex-table.cpp

@@ -253,12 +253,6 @@ void table_connection_t::start(bool append)
 {
     assert(m_db_connection);
 
-    if (!has_schema(table().schema())) {
-        throw fmt_error("Schema '{0}' not available."
-                        " Use 'CREATE SCHEMA \"{0}\";' to create it.",
-                        table().schema());
-    }
-
     for (auto const &ts :
          {table().data_tablespace(), table().index_tablespace()}) {
         if (!has_tablespace(ts)) {

src/output-flex.cpp

@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ flex_table_t &output_flex_t::create_flex_table()
     if (lua_isstring(lua_state(), -1)) {
         std::string const schema = lua_tostring(lua_state(), -1);
         check_identifier(schema, "schema field");
+        if (!has_schema(schema)) {
+            throw fmt_error("Schema '{0}' not available."
+                            " Use 'CREATE SCHEMA \"{0}\";' to create it.",
+                            schema);
+        }
         new_table.set_schema(schema);
     }
     lua_pop(lua_state(), 1);