Re: Connecting to SQL Server from Windows using FDW - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John J. Turner
Subject Re: Connecting to SQL Server from Windows using FDW
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Msg-id 2C7EA0FA-8320-4632-8A6F-B3A664C0631E@gmail.com
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In response to Re: Connecting to SQL Server from Windows using FDW  (ivo silvestre <ivomts@gmail.com>)
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On 23 January 2016 at 04:40, John J. Turner <fenwayriffs@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 22, 2016, at 1:05 PM, ivo silvestre <ivomts@gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to create a linked server between 2 Windows servers. In one I've PostgreSQL with admin privileges and in the other MS SQL with only read access.
>
> I need to create a view (or a foreign table?) in PostgreSQL from a table in MS SQL in another server ...
> ... I found GeoffMontee's Github, but I don't know how to install it on Windows...

Perhaps this link may help:
https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3663/sql-server-and-postgresql-foreign-data-wrapper-configuration--part-3/

The only caveat I see offhand is the use of the 'sa' account, but I can't vouch for that being a required mapping.


On Jan 23, 2016, at 4:08 AM, ivo silvestre <ivomts@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi John,

Thanks, but I already saw that link. The problem is to installing the tds_fwd extension on postgres. And I don't know how to (never tried) compile it...

What comes with postgres by default is the postgres fdw, that allow to link 2 different postgres servers, but in this case that doesn't help me.

Sorry Ivo, my bad - I managed to gloss over the salient point for your issue in this link - you're on Windows, his Postgres was on Linux!

Compiling an extension on Windows, last time I tried many moons ago was unfortunately not successful, which involved compiling the whole pg source tree via MinGW.

Hazarding a thought - although it's discontinued, it might be worth checking out Windows Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA):

But I suspect anything you managed to compile with that would still be incompatible with your pg instance...

Beyond that, perhaps the gurus here have some sage advice...

- John

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