Re: FDW-based dblink (WIP)

2009/8/19 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>> 2009/8/19 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
>>> I don't believe there is any consensus for integrating dblink into core,
>>> and I for one will resist that strongly.  Keep it in contrib.
>
>> if integration means, so I could to write query like
>> SELECT * FROM otherdatabase.schema.table ....
>> UPDATE otherdb.table SET ...
>> I am for integration.
>
> That is not what "integrating dblink" means --- what Itagaki-san is
> talking about is moving the dblink_xxx functions into core.  What
> you are talking about is actual SQL/MED functionality, which we should
> indeed try to get into core someday.  But dblink is a dead end as far
> as standards compliance goes.  Between that and the potential security
> issues, we should not put it in core.
>

aha, - ok

regards
Pavel Stehule

>                        regards, tom lane
>