On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 11:57, Joe Maldonado wrote:
> Hello,
> I see that there is an item "Queries across databases or servers (two-phase commit)" on the todo list's urgent header. I have tried asking this question on the other lists and have not yet gotten a suitable answer to this question...When is this functionality expected to be available in PostgreSQL? I as well as many others want to be able to run queries such as
>
> SELECT a.field_a, b.field_b FROM user:pwd(at)host(dot)database(dot)schema(dot)table_a AS a NATURAL JOIN local_table AS b;
Cross database selects can be accomplished using contrib/dblink.
It will be some time before cross database writes or locks will be
possible.