Fixes #57478.

Release note (sql change): Setting of zone configs for non physical tables is
now forbidden .

pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/zone_config

@@ -265,3 +265,29 @@ SELECT zone_id, raw_config_sql FROM [SHOW ZONE CONFIGURATION FOR TABLE a]
  constraints = '[]',
  voter_constraints = '{+region=test: 1}',
  lease_preferences = '[]'
+
+# Check entities for which we can set zone configs
+
+subtest test_entity_validity
+
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE zc (
+ a INT PRIMARY KEY,
+ b INT
+)
+
+statement ok
+ALTER TABLE zc CONFIGURE ZONE USING gc.ttlseconds = 100000;
+
+statement ok
+CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW vm(x,y) AS SELECT a,b FROM zc ; ALTER TABLE vm CONFIGURE ZONE USING gc.ttlseconds = 100000;
+
+statement error pgcode 42809 "v" is not a physical table
+CREATE VIEW v(x,y) AS SELECT a, b FROM zc; ALTER TABLE v CONFIGURE ZONE USING gc.ttlseconds = 100000;
+
+user root
+statement error pq: user root does not have ZONECONFIG or CREATE privilege on relation pg_type
+ALTER TABLE pg_catalog.pg_type CONFIGURE ZONE USING gc.ttlseconds = 100000;
+
+statement error pq: user root does not have ZONECONFIG or CREATE privilege on relation columns
+ALTER TABLE information_schema.columns CONFIGURE ZONE USING gc.ttlseconds = 100000;

pkg/sql/set_zone_config.go

@@ -342,6 +342,12 @@ func (n *setZoneConfigNode) startExec(params runParams) error {
  return err
  }
 
+ // If the table descriptor is resolved but is not a
+ // physical table(stored in the kv layer) then return an error
+ if table != nil && !table.IsPhysicalTable() {
+ return pgerror.Newf(pgcode.WrongObjectType, `"%v" is not a physical table`, table.GetName())
+ }
+
  if n.zoneSpecifier.TargetsPartition() && len(n.zoneSpecifier.TableOrIndex.Index) == 0 && !n.allIndexes {
  // Backward compatibility for ALTER PARTITION ... OF TABLE. Determine which
  // index has the specified partition.