Re: cross databases?

From: Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
Cc: Jodi Kanter <jkanter(at)virginia(dot)edu>, Postgres Admin List <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: cross databases?
Date: 2004-07-08 16:00:49
Message-ID: 1089302449.29038.10.camel@braydb
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On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:34, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Jodi Kanter wrote:
>
> > I am working with someone who uses MySQL and says that he has two
> > separate databases in which he can query across. I am curious if that is
> > something that can be done in postgres?
>
> Yes, it's possible with PostgreSQL.
>
> See contrib/dblink.

But a more convenient alternative is to use schemas, which MySQL does
not (I think) support.

Oliver Elphick

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