On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 06:15:01PM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >This has been discussed about ten thousand times, and the answer is
> >still no.
> >
> Actually the answer is: Check the TODO list. It is listed under
> Exotic features, so the answer is, no we can't yes we would like to.
>
> That being said, I think it is a dumb feature. If you have data in
> one database, that requires access to another database within the
> same cluster. You designed your database incorrectly and should be
> using schemas.
>
> If you have data in one database that requires access to another
> database that is not in the same cluster (which happens alot) use
> dbi-link.
Thanks for the pointer, but you only need DBI-Link
<http://pgfoundry.org/projects/dbi-link/>, and I only recommend it, if
you need data from a non-PostgreSQL data source.
For a PostgreSQL data source, use Joe Conway's excellent contrib/dblink.
Cheers,
D
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