Re: connecting to external database tables outside of the

Somebody from the pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org list, mentioned using
"dblink" to possibly do what I'm looking for.

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Check out "dblink" in the contrib path of the source distribution, I think
it
does what you are looking for.

You didn't mention what your application was but, you might want to
consider
tools like Perl's DBI as well, which (within one script) can connect to
several
DB's. Of course that method is NOT within the database...

.it would be nice if pl/perl could use modules (can it use modules??).
That
might open up some interesting functionalities :)
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"Joshua D. Drake"
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] connecting to external database tables outside of the
10/17/2003 03:51 postgres database
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No. You would use middleware for that.

Martin_Hurst(at)dom(dot)com wrote:

>Is it possible to establish a connection from within a postgres database
to
>another external database on the network, i.e., not a java or scripting
>connection, BUT by some type of table definition within the postgres
>database of that external database table source - something similar to a
>proxy definition.
>Examples of external database could be MSAccess, Oracle, Sybase,
>MSQLServer, etc.
>
>The idea behind this would to be able to at least look up data from other
>database sources.
>
>At the very most to be able to actually access data in other database
table
>sources and perform insert, update, delete, transaction on that external
>database tables rows and columns.
>
>-Martin
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