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34.24. foreign_servers

The view foreign_servers contains all foreign servers defined in the current database. Only those foreign servers are shown that the current user has access to (by way of being the owner or having some privilege).

Table 34-22. foreign_servers Columns

Name Data Type Description
foreign_server_catalog sql_identifier Name of the database that the foreign server is defined in (always the current database)
foreign_server_name sql_identifier Name of the foreign server
foreign_data_wrapper_catalog sql_identifier Name of the database that contains the foreign-data wrapper used by the foreign server (always the current database)
foreign_data_wrapper_name sql_identifier Name of the foreign-data wrapper used by the foreign server
foreign_server_type character_data Foreign server type information, if specified upon creation
foreign_server_version character_data Foreign server version information, if specified upon creation
authorization_identifier sql_identifier Name of the owner of the foreign server