Thread: dblink Future support vs FDW
Hello,
This is my attempt to seek support at PostGreSQL.
So, if I have broken any protocols/rules or violated any code of conduct then please do forgive and guide me. Thanks.
My organization is building something which is using dblink and what we are building shall take several months and then to be offered to a client.
I just wanted to check what is the future/roadmap of dblink?
Is it going to be obsolete/removed from PostGreSQL in upcoming versions?
I know we can use FDW but our teams are right now considering dblink ( it seems it is more performant when compared to FDW ) and we obviously do not want to end up in a situation where we develop something in few months and then we find that the PostGreSQL support is ending with a new version.
Any information/pointers related to future of dblink will be very useful for us and highly appreciated.
Regards
ROY.
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This is my attempt to seek support at PostGreSQL.So, if I have broken any protocols/rules or violated any code of conduct then please do forgive and guide me. Thanks.
I know we can use FDW but our teams are right now considering dblink ( it seems it is more performant when compared to FDW ) and we obviously do not want to end up in a situation where we develop something in few months and then we find that the PostGreSQL support is ending with a new version.
Dhritman Roy <dhritman.roy@NetCracker.com> writes:
> My organization is building something which is using dblink and what we are building shall take several months and
thento be offered to a client.
> I just wanted to check what is the future/roadmap of dblink?
> Is it going to be obsolete/removed from PostGreSQL in upcoming versions?
I don't foresee us removing it any time soon, because there are things
you can do with it that aren't possible in the FDW model
(particularly, issue DDL to the remote server). Even if we did kick
it out of the core distribution at some point, it could live on as an
externally-maintained extension.
Having said that, it is a bit of a development backwater, so you
should probably not count on anyone being interested enough to add
new features to it.
regards, tom lane
On 6/27/24 08:32, Dhritman Roy wrote: > Hello, > > This is my attempt to seek support at PostGreSQL. > > I know we can use FDW but our teams are right now considering dblink ( > it seems it is more performant when compared to FDW ) and we obviously > do not want to end up in a situation where we develop something in few > months and then we find that the PostGreSQL support is ending with a new > version. I would say that is highly unlikely. Even if it where to happen at some point in the distant future you still have: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=tree;f=contrib/dblink;h=03de20165973a346e2ce8e3c7fdfb11448487dd6;hb=HEAD Open source code under a permissive license that you could keep running with. > > Any information/pointers related to future of dblink will be very useful > for us and highly appreciated. > > Regards > > ROY. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The information transmitted herein is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, > proprietary and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, > this information by persons or entities other than the intended > recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact > the sender and delete the material from any computer. > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com