On 9/9/24 03:24, Achilleas Mantzios - cloud wrote:
>
> On 9/8/24 23:46, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> On 9/8/24 13:04, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> for remote DDL execution (such as CREATE TABLE) is dblink my only
>>> option?
>>
>> You will need to define in what context you are considering options.
>>
>> For instance you can do remote DDL operations by passing a command or
>> script via psql.
>
> Thank you Adrian,
>
> I was thinking of wrapping the DDL around a FUNCTION that will handle
> both the local and the (possibly various logical subscriptions), so that
> my programmers don't need to write extra scripts.
>
> And the thing is that this creation via DDL is inside our design.
> Certain users create some backup tables of the public data in their own
> schema (via our app), then do some manipulations on the public data,
> then restore to the public or merge with the backups. When done, those
> backup tables are dropped. So the DDL is inside the app. And the
> question was if dblink is my only option, in the sense of doing this in
> a somewhat elegant manner. (and not resort to scripts, etc)
My sense is yes, if you want to encapsulate all of this within the
database/app you will need to use dblink.
>
>>
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
