Re: About foreign data wrapper - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ian Lawrence Barwick
Subject Re: About foreign data wrapper
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In response to About foreign data wrapper  (Rama Krishnan <raghuldrag@gmail.com>)
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2022年10月17日(月) 16:36 Rama Krishnan <raghuldrag@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi all,
>
> What Is the difference between dblink and foreign data wrapper?

Basically, dblink enables you to execute individual queries on a remote
PostgreSQL server via a function and use the results in a local query e.g.:

  SELECT *
      FROM dblink('myconn', 'SELECT aid, bid, abalance FROM
pgbench_accounts ORDER BY 1')

whereas a foreign data wrapper enables you to query relations on a remote
server (which can also be a data source other than PostgreSQL) directly
within the local query.

Regards

Ian Barwick



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