Re: [17] CREATE SUBSCRIPTION ... SERVER

Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes:
> The server "myserver" must have been created with the new syntax:
>    CREATE SERVER myserver FOR CONNECTION ONLY
> instead of specifying FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER. In other words, a server
> FOR CONNECTION ONLY doesn't have a real FDW, it's a special server just
> used for the postgres connection options.

This seems like it requires a whole lot of new mechanism (parser
and catalog infrastructure) that could be done far more easily
in other ways.  In particular, how about inventing a built-in
dummy FDW to serve the purpose?  That could have some use for
other testing as well.

            regards, tom lane