Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> I know join pushdowns seem insignificant, but it helps to restrict what
>> data must be passed back because you would only pass back joined rows.
> By 'insignificant' you mean 'necessary to do any non-trivial real
> work'. Personally, I'd prefer it if FDW was extended to allow
> arbitrary parameterized queries like every other database connectivity
> API ever made ever.
[ shrug... ] So use dblink. For better or worse, the FDW stuff is
following the SQL standard's SQL/MED design, which does not do it
like that.
regards, tom lane
