Re: Selecting data from a table created in another database...

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ligia Pimentel <lmpimentel(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Selecting data from a table created in another database...
Date: 2002-07-03 20:22:04
Message-ID: 200207032022.g63KM4A02548@candle.pha.pa.us
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Ligia Pimentel wrote:
> I don't know if this can be done...
>
> In MSSQL Server I can access a table created in another database (on the
> same server, of course) by using the following syntaxis...
>
> select * from databasename..tablename where condition;
>
> Can I do this in postgres?
>
> I'm using version 7.2 on a redhat server...

Sorry, you can't do cross-db queries with PostgreSQL. Take a look at
/contrib/dblink as an option.

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