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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Arguments to foreign tables?
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In response to Arguments to foreign tables?  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes:
> Is there any fundamental or philosophical reason why a foreign table
> can't accept arguments?

That isn't a table; it's some sort of function.  Now that we have
LATERAL, there is no good reason to contort SQL's syntax and semantics
in the direction you suggest.
        regards, tom lane

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