create_server(7) - BetterMan

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NAME

CREATE_SERVER - define a new foreign server

SYNOPSIS

bash

CREATE SERVER [ IF NOT EXISTS ] \nserver_name\n [ TYPE '\nserver_type\n' ] [ VERSION '\nserver_version\n' ]
\n
    FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER \nfdw_name\n
\n
    [ OPTIONS ( \noption\n '\nvalue\n' [, ... ] ) ]

DESCRIPTION

CREATE SERVER defines a new foreign server. The user who defines the server becomes its owner.

A foreign server typically encapsulates connection information that a foreign-data wrapper uses to access an external data resource. Additional user-specific connection information may be specified by means of user mappings.

The server name must be unique within the database.

Creating a server requires USAGE privilege on the foreign-data wrapper being used.

PARAMETERS

IF NOT EXISTS

server_name

server_type

server_version

fdw_name

OPTIONS ( option 'value' [, ... ] )

NOTES

When using the dblink module, a foreign server's name can be used as an argument of the dblink_connect(3) function to indicate the connection parameters. It is necessary to have the USAGE privilege on the foreign server to be able to use it in this way.

If the foreign server supports sort pushdown, it is necessary for it to have the same sort ordering as the local server.

EXAMPLES

Create a server myserver that uses the foreign-data wrapper postgres_fdw:

bash

CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw OPTIONS (host 'foo', dbname 'foodb', port '5432');

See postgres_fdw for more details.

COMPATIBILITY

CREATE SERVER conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED).