diff --git a/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c b/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c
index b471991..bf9753a 100644
--- a/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c
+++ b/contrib/file_fdw/file_fdw.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct FileFdwOption
static const struct FileFdwOption valid_options[] = {
/* File options */
{"filename", ForeignTableRelationId},
+ {"program", ForeignTableRelationId},
/* Format options */
/* oids option is not supported */
@@ -85,10 +86,11 @@ static const struct FileFdwOption valid_options[] = {
*/
typedef struct FileFdwPlanState
{
- char *filename; /* file to read */
- List *options; /* merged COPY options, excluding filename */
- BlockNumber pages; /* estimate of file's physical size */
- double ntuples; /* estimate of number of rows in file */
+ char *filename; /* file/program to read */
+ bool is_program; /* true if filename represents an OS command */
+ List *options; /* merged COPY options, excluding filename and program */
+ BlockNumber pages; /* estimate of file or program output's physical size */
+ double ntuples; /* estimate of number of rows in file/program output */
} FileFdwPlanState;
/*
@@ -96,9 +98,10 @@ typedef struct FileFdwPlanState
*/
typedef struct FileFdwExecutionState
{
- char *filename; /* file to read */
- List *options; /* merged COPY options, excluding filename */
- CopyState cstate; /* state of reading file */
+ char *filename; /* file/program to read */
+ bool is_program; /* true if filename represents an OS command */
+ List *options; /* merged COPY options, excluding filename and is_program */
+ CopyState cstate; /* state of reading file or program */
} FileFdwExecutionState;
/*
@@ -139,7 +142,9 @@ static bool fileIsForeignScanParallelSafe(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
*/
static bool is_valid_option(const char *option, Oid context);
static void fileGetOptions(Oid foreigntableid,
- char **filename, List **other_options);
+ char **filename,
+ bool *is_program,
+ List **other_options);
static List *get_file_fdw_attribute_options(Oid relid);
static bool check_selective_binary_conversion(RelOptInfo *baserel,
Oid foreigntableid,
@@ -196,16 +201,17 @@ file_fdw_validator(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
/*
* Only superusers are allowed to set options of a file_fdw foreign table.
- * This is because the filename is one of those options, and we don't want
- * non-superusers to be able to determine which file gets read.
+ * The reason for this is to prevent non-superusers from changing the
+ * definition to access an arbitrary file not visible to that user
+ * or to run programs not accessible to that user.
*
* Putting this sort of permissions check in a validator is a bit of a
* crock, but there doesn't seem to be any other place that can enforce
* the check more cleanly.
*
- * Note that the valid_options[] array disallows setting filename at any
- * options level other than foreign table --- otherwise there'd still be a
- * security hole.
+ * Note that the valid_options[] array disallows setting filename and
+ * program at any options level other than foreign table --- otherwise
+ * there'd still be a security hole.
*/
if (catalog == ForeignTableRelationId && !superuser())
ereport(ERROR,
@@ -247,11 +253,11 @@ file_fdw_validator(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
}
/*
- * Separate out filename and column-specific options, since
+ * Separate out filename, program, and column-specific options, since
* ProcessCopyOptions won't accept them.
*/
- if (strcmp(def->defname, "filename") == 0)
+ if ((strcmp(def->defname, "filename") == 0) || (strcmp(def->defname, "program") == 0))
{
if (filename)
ereport(ERROR,
@@ -296,12 +302,13 @@ file_fdw_validator(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
ProcessCopyOptions(NULL, NULL, true, other_options);
/*
- * Filename option is required for file_fdw foreign tables.
+ * Either filename or program option is required for file_fdw foreign
+ * tables.
*/
if (catalog == ForeignTableRelationId && filename == NULL)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FDW_DYNAMIC_PARAMETER_VALUE_NEEDED),
- errmsg("filename is required for file_fdw foreign tables")));
+ errmsg("either filename or program is required for file_fdw foreign tables")));
PG_RETURN_VOID();
}
@@ -326,12 +333,13 @@ is_valid_option(const char *option, Oid context)
/*
* Fetch the options for a file_fdw foreign table.
*
- * We have to separate out "filename" from the other options because
- * it must not appear in the options list passed to the core COPY code.
+ * We have to separate out "filename" and "program" from the other options
+ * because it must not appear in the options list passed to the core COPY
+ * code.
*/
static void
fileGetOptions(Oid foreigntableid,
- char **filename, List **other_options)
+ char **filename, bool *is_program, List **other_options)
{
ForeignTable *table;
ForeignServer *server;
@@ -359,9 +367,10 @@ fileGetOptions(Oid foreigntableid,
options = list_concat(options, get_file_fdw_attribute_options(foreigntableid));
/*
- * Separate out the filename.
+ * Separate out the filename and program.
*/
*filename = NULL;
+ *is_program = false;
prev = NULL;
foreach(lc, options)
{
@@ -373,6 +382,13 @@ fileGetOptions(Oid foreigntableid,
options = list_delete_cell(options, lc, prev);
break;
}
+ else if (strcmp(def->defname, "program") == 0)
+ {
+ *filename = defGetString(def);
+ *is_program = true;
+ options = list_delete_cell(options, lc, prev);
+ break;
+ }
prev = lc;
}
@@ -381,7 +397,7 @@ fileGetOptions(Oid foreigntableid,
* options, but check again, just in case.
*/
if (*filename == NULL)
- elog(ERROR, "filename is required for file_fdw foreign tables");
+ elog(ERROR, "either filename or program is required for file_fdw foreign tables");
*other_options = options;
}
@@ -475,12 +491,13 @@ fileGetForeignRelSize(PlannerInfo *root,
FileFdwPlanState *fdw_private;
/*
- * Fetch options. We only need filename at this point, but we might as
- * well get everything and not need to re-fetch it later in planning.
+ * Fetch options. We only need filename (or program) at this point, but
+ * we might as well get everything and not need to re-fetch it later in
+ * planning.
*/
fdw_private = (FileFdwPlanState *) palloc(sizeof(FileFdwPlanState));
fileGetOptions(foreigntableid,
- &fdw_private->filename, &fdw_private->options);
+ &fdw_private->filename, &fdw_private->is_program, &fdw_private->options);
baserel->fdw_private = (void *) fdw_private;
/* Estimate relation size */
@@ -583,20 +600,27 @@ static void
fileExplainForeignScan(ForeignScanState *node, ExplainState *es)
{
char *filename;
+ bool is_program;
List *options;
- /* Fetch options --- we only need filename at this point */
+ /* Fetch options --- we only need filename and is_program at this point */
fileGetOptions(RelationGetRelid(node->ss.ss_currentRelation),
- &filename, &options);
+ &filename, &is_program, &options);
- ExplainPropertyText("Foreign File", filename, es);
+ if(filename)
+ {
+ if (is_program)
+ ExplainPropertyText("Foreign Program", filename, es);
+ else
+ ExplainPropertyText("Foreign File", filename, es);
+ }
/* Suppress file size if we're not showing cost details */
if (es->costs)
{
struct stat stat_buf;
- if (stat(filename, &stat_buf) == 0)
+ if ((! is_program) && (stat(filename, &stat_buf) == 0))
ExplainPropertyLong("Foreign File Size", (long) stat_buf.st_size,
es);
}
@@ -611,6 +635,7 @@ fileBeginForeignScan(ForeignScanState *node, int eflags)
{
ForeignScan *plan = (ForeignScan *) node->ss.ps.plan;
char *filename;
+ bool is_program;
List *options;
CopyState cstate;
FileFdwExecutionState *festate;
@@ -623,7 +648,7 @@ fileBeginForeignScan(ForeignScanState *node, int eflags)
/* Fetch options of foreign table */
fileGetOptions(RelationGetRelid(node->ss.ss_currentRelation),
- &filename, &options);
+ &filename, &is_program, &options);
/* Add any options from the plan (currently only convert_selectively) */
options = list_concat(options, plan->fdw_private);
@@ -633,11 +658,11 @@ fileBeginForeignScan(ForeignScanState *node, int eflags)
* as to match the expected ScanTupleSlot signature.
*/
cstate = BeginCopyFrom(NULL,
- node->ss.ss_currentRelation,
- filename,
- false,
- NIL,
- options);
+ node->ss.ss_currentRelation,
+ filename,
+ is_program,
+ NIL,
+ options);
/*
* Save state in node->fdw_state. We must save enough information to call
@@ -645,6 +670,7 @@ fileBeginForeignScan(ForeignScanState *node, int eflags)
*/
festate = (FileFdwExecutionState *) palloc(sizeof(FileFdwExecutionState));
festate->filename = filename;
+ festate->is_program = is_program;
festate->options = options;
festate->cstate = cstate;
@@ -709,7 +735,7 @@ fileReScanForeignScan(ForeignScanState *node)
festate->cstate = BeginCopyFrom(NULL,
node->ss.ss_currentRelation,
festate->filename,
- false,
+ festate->is_program,
NIL,
festate->options);
}
@@ -738,11 +764,19 @@ fileAnalyzeForeignTable(Relation relation,
BlockNumber *totalpages)
{
char *filename;
+ bool is_program;
List *options;
struct stat stat_buf;
/* Fetch options of foreign table */
- fileGetOptions(RelationGetRelid(relation), &filename, &options);
+ fileGetOptions(RelationGetRelid(relation), &filename, &is_program, &options);
+
+ /*
+ * If this is a program instead of a file, just return false to skip
+ * analyzing the table.
+ */
+ if (is_program)
+ return false;
/*
* Get size of the file. (XXX if we fail here, would it be better to just
@@ -916,9 +950,10 @@ estimate_size(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *baserel,
/*
* Get size of the file. It might not be there at plan time, though, in
- * which case we have to use a default estimate.
+ * which case we have to use a default estimate. We also have to fall
+ * back to the default if using a program as the input.
*/
- if (stat(fdw_private->filename, &stat_buf) < 0)
+ if (fdw_private->is_program || stat(fdw_private->filename, &stat_buf) < 0)
stat_buf.st_size = 10 * BLCKSZ;
/*
@@ -1036,6 +1071,7 @@ file_acquire_sample_rows(Relation onerel, int elevel,
bool *nulls;
bool found;
char *filename;
+ bool is_program;
List *options;
CopyState cstate;
ErrorContextCallback errcallback;
@@ -1050,12 +1086,12 @@ file_acquire_sample_rows(Relation onerel, int elevel,
nulls = (bool *) palloc(tupDesc->natts * sizeof(bool));
/* Fetch options of foreign table */
- fileGetOptions(RelationGetRelid(onerel), &filename, &options);
+ fileGetOptions(RelationGetRelid(onerel), &filename, &is_program, &options);
/*
* Create CopyState from FDW options.
*/
- cstate = BeginCopyFrom(NULL, onerel, filename, false, NIL, options);
+ cstate = BeginCopyFrom(NULL, onerel, filename, is_program, NIL, options);
/*
* Use per-tuple memory context to prevent leak of memory used to read
diff --git a/contrib/file_fdw/input/file_fdw.source b/contrib/file_fdw/input/file_fdw.source
index 685561f..59a983d 100644
--- a/contrib/file_fdw/input/file_fdw.source
+++ b/contrib/file_fdw/input/file_fdw.source
@@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ SET ROLE regress_file_fdw_user;
ALTER FOREIGN TABLE agg_text OPTIONS (SET format 'text');
SET ROLE regress_file_fdw_superuser;
+-- PROGRAM test
+CREATE FOREIGN TABLE program_test(
+ a text,
+ b integer,
+ c date
+) SERVER file_server
+OPTIONS(program 'perl -e ''print "abc\t123\t1994-09-10\n"''');
+
+SELECT * FROM program_test;
+DROP FOREIGN TABLE program_test;
+
-- cleanup
RESET ROLE;
DROP EXTENSION file_fdw CASCADE;
diff --git a/contrib/file_fdw/output/file_fdw.source b/contrib/file_fdw/output/file_fdw.source
index 6fa5440..7dae388 100644
--- a/contrib/file_fdw/output/file_fdw.source
+++ b/contrib/file_fdw/output/file_fdw.source
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ CREATE FOREIGN TABLE tbl () SERVER file_server OPTIONS (format 'csv', null '
'); -- ERROR
ERROR: COPY null representation cannot use newline or carriage return
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE tbl () SERVER file_server; -- ERROR
-ERROR: filename is required for file_fdw foreign tables
+ERROR: either filename or program is required for file_fdw foreign tables
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE agg_text (
a int2 CHECK (a >= 0),
b float4
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ ERROR: invalid option "force_not_null"
HINT: There are no valid options in this context.
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE tbl () SERVER file_server OPTIONS (force_not_null '*'); -- ERROR
ERROR: invalid option "force_not_null"
-HINT: Valid options in this context are: filename, format, header, delimiter, quote, escape, null, encoding
+HINT: Valid options in this context are: filename, program, format, header, delimiter, quote, escape, null, encoding
-- force_null is not allowed to be specified at any foreign object level:
ALTER FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER file_fdw OPTIONS (ADD force_null '*'); -- ERROR
ERROR: invalid option "force_null"
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ ERROR: invalid option "force_null"
HINT: There are no valid options in this context.
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE tbl () SERVER file_server OPTIONS (force_null '*'); -- ERROR
ERROR: invalid option "force_null"
-HINT: Valid options in this context are: filename, format, header, delimiter, quote, escape, null, encoding
+HINT: Valid options in this context are: filename, program, format, header, delimiter, quote, escape, null, encoding
-- basic query tests
SELECT * FROM agg_text WHERE b > 10.0 ORDER BY a;
a | b
@@ -341,6 +341,20 @@ SET ROLE regress_file_fdw_user;
ALTER FOREIGN TABLE agg_text OPTIONS (SET format 'text');
ERROR: only superuser can change options of a file_fdw foreign table
SET ROLE regress_file_fdw_superuser;
+-- PROGRAM test
+CREATE FOREIGN TABLE program_test(
+ a text,
+ b integer,
+ c date
+) SERVER file_server
+OPTIONS(program 'perl -e ''print "abc\t123\t1994-09-10\n"''');
+SELECT * FROM program_test;
+ a | b | c
+-----+-----+------------
+ abc | 123 | 09-10-1994
+(1 row)
+
+DROP FOREIGN TABLE program_test;
-- cleanup
RESET ROLE;
DROP EXTENSION file_fdw CASCADE;
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml
index d3b39aa..f36a3c5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/file-fdw.sgml
@@ -27,7 +27,26 @@
- Specifies the file to be read. Required. Must be an absolute path name.
+ Specifies the file to be read. Must be an absolute path name.
+ Either filename or program must be
+ specified. They are mutually exclusive.
+
+
+
+
+
+ program
+
+
+
+ Specifies the command to executed.
+ Note that the command is invoked by the shell, so if you need to pass any
+ arguments to shell command that come from an untrusted source, you must
+ be careful to strip or escape any special characters that might have a
+ special meaning for the shell. For security reasons, it is best to use a
+ fixed command string, or at least avoid passing any user input in it.
+ Either program or filename must be
+ specified. They are mutually exclusive.