Re: Status of FDW pushdowns

Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> I know join pushdowns seem insignificant, but it helps to restrict what
>> data must be passed back because you would only pass back joined rows.

> By 'insignificant' you mean 'necessary to do any non-trivial real
> work'.   Personally, I'd prefer it if FDW was extended to allow
> arbitrary parameterized queries like every other database connectivity
> API ever made ever.

[ shrug... ]  So use dblink.  For better or worse, the FDW stuff is
following the SQL standard's SQL/MED design, which does not do it
like that.
        regards, tom lane