Re: Fwd: dblink_connect fails - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 12/16/2015 06:10 PM, James Sewell wrote:
> Oops left off the list.
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> From: *James Sewell* <james.sewell@lisasoft.com
> <mailto:james.sewell@lisasoft.com>>
> Date: Thursday, 17 December 2015
> Subject: dblink_connect fails
> To: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com <mailto:mail@joeconway.com>>
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> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mail@joeconway.com');>> wrote:
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>     On 12/16/2015 04:53 PM, James Sewell wrote:
>     > No it is not.
>     >
>     > Just in case I tried setting it to 'postgres', logged in without -U
>     > (doesn't work without PGUSER set) and tried the operation again.
>
>     >     >     DETAIL:  FATAL:  role "PRDSWIDEGRID01$" does not exist
>
>     That "PRDSWIDEGRID01$" is coming from somewhere in your environment.
>     Looks like it is supposed to be a variable of some sort which is
>     supposed to resolve to an actual postgres user but for some reason
>     doesn't.
>
>     What about FDWs?
>
>
> This is a new database with some tables and dblink loaded.
>
> The  PRDSWIDEGRID01 is actually the hostname - but I just can't see how
> it's getting injected.
>
> My understanding was that psql -U should override? And also that any
> user variable just sets the user PostgreSQL variable - which is postgres.
>
> Strange stuff. I've just tried from cygwin, from Windows psql and from
> PGAdmin - all the same result.

That is all from the client point of view. As Joe Conway has mentioned
you need to be looking from the server point of view. In other words
what is the environment for the Postgres server you are running
dblink_connect in?

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