Look for dblink(). It's part of contrib/ IIRC. The new 7.3 version is much
better and was described just recently on this list. Search the archives.
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 10:21:39PM -0500, Lane Holcombe wrote:
> Is it possible to cause an instance of pgsql to communicate with another
> instance on a remote server and then retreive a resultset?
>
> mssql offers a technique (OPENQUERY) which allows a stored procedure to use
> this functionality.
>
> I imagine that postgresql would use a similar technique, or possibly a "shell"
> feature to execute an operating system command which would then log into the
> remote server and perform such a function.
>
> I imagine this because I can't seem to find any reference to this feature.
>
> Please point me in the right direction.
>
> Thanks
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