Re: Transferring Data between databases

> I want to do the following: When data gets added to a table in one
> database a subset of that data must be sent to another database,
> perhaps on another computer. The primary database will not always be
> connected to the secondary one and must perhaps (not that urgent now)
> send the data (old and new) to the secondary database as soon as they
> are connected.

> Can I write triggers or something that will do this inside the database?

If connectivity between the two servers is poor, the triggers may fail and
your actual transactions may be rolled back, right? Are you looking to
replicate a large number of tables or just a few tables? You could have a
trigger populate the data to files (that way the original transactions do
not get affected) and then schedule a job to process the files and move
data to the other server. If the connectivity is good and only a few
tables need to be replicated, you could try triggers with a database link.

I am a PostgreSQL novice. So my suggestions may not be the best.
Regards,
Jayadevan

From: Carel Combrink <s25291930(at)tuks(dot)co(dot)za>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Date: 21/05/2010 13:20
Subject: [NOVICE] Transferring Data between databases
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Hi,

I want to do the following: When data gets added to a table in one
database a subset of that data must be sent to another database,
perhaps on another computer. The primary database will not always be
connected to the secondary one and must perhaps (not that urgent now)
send the data (old and new) to the secondary database as soon as they
are connected.

Can I write triggers or something that will do this inside the database?

I know Sloni-I and other software does replication but that is not
really what I need (I think). I read up on some of these software but
can't seem to find what I am looking for.

If someone can point me in the right direction it will be appreciated.

Thanks
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