Messed up dblink...

From: Jerry LeVan <jerry(dot)levan(at)eku(dot)edu>
To: pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Messed up dblink...
Date: 2009-03-21 15:44:10
Message-ID: 85A1F199-F706-4008-AE6B-EE0BA698C6D2@eku.edu
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Something seems to have messed up my dblink interface...

The only thing I can think that has changed the last week
was the installation of 8.3.7.

It has been a long time since I have had to think about
the installation of the dblink package...

The basic situation is as follows...

I have my main financial db on my Mac Book Pro 'mbp' and
backed up to my home server 'server' a Mac Mini and
also a linux box 'linuxbox'.

All currently running pg 8.3.7

I load my financial info weekly into the mac book pro
and then transfer the new data to the 'server' and
'linuxbox'.

I do this by connecting say to 'server' and then
connecting back to 'mbp' via dbilink and then pulling
the new data back to 'server' via dblink calls.

Here is a simplified version of the problem...

[mbp:~]$ psql -hserver -Ulevan
Welcome to psql 8.3.7, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help with psql commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit

levan=# select dblink_connect('host=mbp user=levan dbname=levan
password=foobar')
levan-# ;
ERROR: could not establish connection
DETAIL: could not translate host name "mbp" to address: Temporary
failure in name resolution

levan=# \q

The above error did not occur last week prior to the installation of
8.3.7

Going the other way...

server:~ jerry$ psql -hmbp -Ulevan
Welcome to psql 8.3.7, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help with psql commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit

levan=# select dblink_connect('host=server user=levan dbname=levan
password=foobar')
levan-# ;
dblink_connect
----------------
OK
(1 row)

Seems to work.

Also connecting to the linuxbox and coming back seems to work...

[mbp:~]$ psql -hlinuxbox -Ulevan
Welcome to psql 8.3.7, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help with psql commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit

levan=# select dblink_connect('host=mbp user=levan dbname=levan
password=foobar');
dblink_connect
----------------
OK
(1 row)

levan=# \q

I did a make and make install in the dblink directory on both
server and mbp and the results did not change...

any suggestions?

Thanks

Jerry

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