Thread: ERROR: Cross-database references are not implemented

<p><font face="Arial" size="2">How do I explicidly create a cross-database reference?</font><p><font face="Arial"
size="2">Mindyou these databases are on the same server.</font><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In MSSQL you could do
thatthrough enterprise manager.</font><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Any help would be
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Theo Galanakis wrote:
> How do I explicidly create a cross-database reference?
> 
> Mind you these databases are on the same server.
> 
> In MSSQL you could do that through enterprise manager.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.

You cannot do cross database references per se, but you can use schemas, 
which roughly behave like individual databases do in MSSQL. See:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/ddl-schemas.html

If you really need cross-database queries, see contrib/dblink (which 
would also work across servers), but it isn't as flexible as using schemas.

HTH,

Joe