From: Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>
To: deepthi@granwill.com
Cc: pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Calling a table in another database from plpgsql
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:48:15 -0500
Message-ID: <41DBF01F.3090703@fastcrypt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1104895845.41db5f6504e44@www.granwill.com>
References: <1104895845.41db5f6504e44@www.granwill.com>
Kris is correct, this is a jdbc list, however to satisfy your curiosity,
you can't access data from another database.
Dave
deepthi@granwill.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have function called test1() in database 1. I need to input the value from
>this function into another table which is in database2.
>
>How can i achieve this task in plpgsql. I went through some documentation and
>found out that it is possible through dblink.
>
>I infact downloaded the dblink package in contrib folder. But still when i tried
>to use dblink in the following manner:
>
>SELECT * from dblink('host=192.168.0.50 dbname=AK1 user=akteam','Select userid
>from user_reg') as t (userid integer);
>
>I am getting an error as "ERROR: function dblink("unknown", "unknown") does not
>exist"
>
>Is dblink the only way of connecting the databases and if so what is the exact
>step by step procedure to be follwed to download dblink and use it to connect
>databases.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Regards,
>deepthi
>
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