| From: | Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Carel Combrink <s25291930(at)tuks(dot)co(dot)za> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Novice List <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Libpq in C Language Function |
| Date: | 2010-08-06 13:53:54 |
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On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 03:36:40PM +0200, Carel Combrink wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to connect to another database from within a database.
> The 2 databases will probably not be on the same computer.
>
> Is it possible to create a C LANGUAGE function that connects to another
> database using libpq? I have tried this but after calling PQconnectedb
> the status returned by PQstatus is CONNECTION_BAD.
It sounds like you want dblink.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/dblink.html
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Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com
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