From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: Sbob <sbob@quadratum-braccas.com>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL function to run DDL on a remote server/cluster?
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:15:19 -0400
Message-ID: <1951203.1679598919@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> On Thu, 2023-03-23 at 12:03 -0600, Sbob wrote:
>> Is it possible to execute DDL on a remote server/cluster from a PL/pgSQL
>> function?
>> If so can someone point me to docs or an example?
> You cannot do that with the built-in tools.
> You'd have to write an extension that can do that.
You do need an extension, but contrib/dblink should do fine.
regards, tom lane
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