Re: External Database Connection

From: Joe Conway <joseph(dot)conway(at)home(dot)com>
To: "Sean K(dot) Sell" <sean(at)nist(dot)gov>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: External Database Connection
Date: 2001-10-30 05:38:44
Message-ID: 3BDE3CE4.70103@home.com
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Sean K. Sell wrote:

> Has anyone successfully hacked an external database table as a view.
>
> I was thinking that this may be possible using a C function and the Rules architecture but I don't have much experience with PostgreSQL so I thought I
> would check with the list to see what if anything others had attempted.
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Sort of (it's ugly, but works for simple needs) . . . see dblink under
contrib in the 7.2 beta. Be sure to read the README.

-- Joe

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