Re: FDW-based dblink (WIP)

Tom Lane wrote:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> 2009/8/19 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
>>> I don't believe there is any consensus for integrating dblink into core,
>>> and I for one will resist that strongly. Â Keep it in contrib.
>
>> if integration means, so I could to write query like
>> SELECT * FROM otherdatabase.schema.table ....
>> UPDATE otherdb.table SET ...
>> I am for integration.
>
> That is not what "integrating dblink" means --- what Itagaki-san is
> talking about is moving the dblink_xxx functions into core. What
> you are talking about is actual SQL/MED functionality, which we should
> indeed try to get into core someday. But dblink is a dead end as far
> as standards compliance goes. Between that and the potential security
> issues, we should not put it in core.

+1

Joe