Re: [HACKERS] FW: Query

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> This was sent to webmaster(at)postgresql(dot)org(dot) Anyone have an answer
> to it? I'm not familiar with oracle so I don't know what he's
> talking about.
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> Vince.
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> I am PostGRESql user and have a query :
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> DOES POSTGRESQL SUPPORT DATABASE LINK AS IN ORACLE 8.0
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AFAIK it means to show up a virtual relation, that is a
relation in another database. So if you query your local
relation, your backend connects to the other database and
virtually shares this relation.

No, PostgreSQL does not support this.

Jan

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