postgresql/contrib/dblink/doc/misc
Tom Lane 6f7fc0bade Cause initdb to create a third standard database "postgres", which
unlike template0 and template1 does not have any special status in
terms of backend functionality.  However, all external utilities such
as createuser and createdb now connect to "postgres" instead of
template1, and the documentation is changed to encourage people to use
"postgres" instead of template1 as a play area.  This should fix some
longstanding gotchas involving unexpected propagation of database
objects by createdb (when you used template1 without understanding
the implications), as well as ameliorating the problem that CREATE
DATABASE is unhappy if anyone else is connected to template1.
Patch by Dave Page, minor editing by Tom Lane.  All per recent
pghackers discussions.
2005-06-21 04:02:34 +00:00

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Name
dblink_current_query -- returns the current query string
Synopsis
dblink_current_query () RETURNS text
Inputs
None
Outputs
Returns text -- a copy of the currently executing query
Example usage
test=# select dblink_current_query() from (select dblink('dbname=postgres','select oid, proname from pg_proc where proname = ''byteacat''') as f1) as t1;
dblink_current_query
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select dblink_current_query() from (select dblink('dbname=postgres','select oid, proname from pg_proc where proname = ''byteacat''') as f1) as t1;
(1 row)
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Name
dblink_get_pkey -- returns the position and field names of a relation's
primary key fields
Synopsis
dblink_get_pkey(text relname) RETURNS setof dblink_pkey_results
Inputs
relname
any relation name;
e.g. 'foobar'
Outputs
Returns setof dblink_pkey_results -- one row for each primary key field,
in order of position in the key. dblink_pkey_results is defined as follows:
CREATE TYPE dblink_pkey_results AS (position int4, colname text);
Example usage
test=# select * from dblink_get_pkey('foobar');
position | colname
----------+---------
1 | f1
2 | f2
3 | f3
4 | f4
5 | f5
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Name
dblink_build_sql_insert -- builds an insert statement using a local
tuple, replacing the selection key field
values with alternate supplied values
dblink_build_sql_delete -- builds a delete statement using supplied
values for selection key field values
dblink_build_sql_update -- builds an update statement using a local
tuple, replacing the selection key field
values with alternate supplied values
Synopsis
dblink_build_sql_insert(text relname
,int2vector primary_key_attnums
,int2 num_primary_key_atts
,_text src_pk_att_vals_array
,_text tgt_pk_att_vals_array) RETURNS text
dblink_build_sql_delete(text relname
,int2vector primary_key_attnums
,int2 num_primary_key_atts
,_text tgt_pk_att_vals_array) RETURNS text
dblink_build_sql_update(text relname
,int2vector primary_key_attnums
,int2 num_primary_key_atts
,_text src_pk_att_vals_array
,_text tgt_pk_att_vals_array) RETURNS text
Inputs
relname
any relation name;
e.g. 'foobar'
primary_key_attnums
vector of primary key attnums (1 based, see pg_index.indkey);
e.g. '1 2'
num_primary_key_atts
number of primary key attnums in the vector; e.g. 2
src_pk_att_vals_array
array of primary key values, used to look up the local matching
tuple, the values of which are then used to construct the SQL
statement
tgt_pk_att_vals_array
array of primary key values, used to replace the local tuple
values in the SQL statement
Outputs
Returns text -- requested SQL statement
Example usage
test=# select dblink_build_sql_insert('foo','1 2',2,'{"1", "a"}','{"1", "b''a"}');
dblink_build_sql_insert
--------------------------------------------------
INSERT INTO foo(f1,f2,f3) VALUES('1','b''a','1')
(1 row)
test=# select dblink_build_sql_delete('MyFoo','1 2',2,'{"1", "b"}');
dblink_build_sql_delete
---------------------------------------------
DELETE FROM "MyFoo" WHERE f1='1' AND f2='b'
(1 row)
test=# select dblink_build_sql_update('foo','1 2',2,'{"1", "a"}','{"1", "b"}');
dblink_build_sql_update
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UPDATE foo SET f1='1',f2='b',f3='1' WHERE f1='1' AND f2='b'
(1 row)