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-rw-r--r-- | contrib/dblink/doc/cursor | 159 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/dblink/doc/deprecated | 105 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/dblink/doc/execute | 49 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/dblink/doc/misc | 140 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/dblink/doc/query | 85 |
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diff --git a/contrib/dblink/doc/connection b/contrib/dblink/doc/connection new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3a749d8903b --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/dblink/doc/connection @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +================================================================== +Name + +dblink_connect -- Opens a persistent connection to a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink_connect(text connstr) + +Inputs + + connstr + + standard libpq format connection string, + e.g. "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd" + +Outputs + + Returns status = "OK" + +Example usage + +test=# select dblink_connect('dbname=template1'); + dblink_connect +---------------- + OK +(1 row) + +================================================================== +Name + +dblink_disconnect -- Closes the persistent connection to a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink_disconnect() + +Inputs + + none + +Outputs + + Returns status = "OK" + +Example usage + +test=# select dblink_disconnect(); + dblink_disconnect +------------------- + OK +(1 row) + diff --git a/contrib/dblink/doc/cursor b/contrib/dblink/doc/cursor new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3bc6bdb2fe5 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/dblink/doc/cursor @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +================================================================== +Name + +dblink_open -- Opens a cursor on a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink_open(text cursorname, text sql) + +Inputs + + cursorname + + a reference name for the cursor + + sql + + sql statement that you wish to execute on the remote host + e.g. "select * from pg_class" + +Outputs + + Returns status = "OK" + +Note + 1) dblink_connect(text connstr) must be executed first + 2) dblink_open starts an explicit transaction. If, after using dblink_open, + you use dblink_exec to change data, and then an error occurs or you use + dblink_disconnect without a dblink_close first, your change *will* be + lost. Also, using dblink_close explicitly ends the transaction and thus + effectively closes *all* open cursors. + +Example usage + +test=# select dblink_connect('dbname=template1'); + dblink_connect +---------------- + OK +(1 row) + +test=# select dblink_open('foo','select proname, prosrc from pg_proc'); + dblink_open +------------- + OK +(1 row) + +================================================================== +Name + +dblink_fetch -- Returns a set from an open cursor on a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink_fetch(text cursorname, int32 howmany) + +Inputs + + cursorname + + The reference name for the cursor + + howmany + + Maximum number of rows to retrieve. The next howmany rows are fetched, + starting at the current cursor position, moving forward. Once the cursor + has positioned to the end, no more rows are produced. + +Outputs + + Returns setof record + +Example usage + +test=# select dblink_connect('dbname=template1'); + dblink_connect +---------------- + OK +(1 row) + +test=# select dblink_open('foo','select proname, prosrc from pg_proc where proname like ''bytea%'''); + dblink_open +------------- + OK +(1 row) + +test=# select * from dblink_fetch('foo',5) as (funcname name, source text); + funcname | source +----------+---------- + byteacat | byteacat + byteacmp | byteacmp + byteaeq | byteaeq + byteage | byteage + byteagt | byteagt +(5 rows) + +test=# select * from dblink_fetch('foo',5) as (funcname name, source text); + funcname | source +-----------+----------- + byteain | byteain + byteale | byteale + bytealike | bytealike + bytealt | bytealt + byteane | byteane +(5 rows) + +test=# select * from dblink_fetch('foo',5) as (funcname name, source text); + funcname | source +------------+------------ + byteanlike | byteanlike + byteaout | byteaout +(2 rows) + +test=# select * from dblink_fetch('foo',5) as (funcname name, source text); + funcname | source +----------+-------- +(0 rows) + +================================================================== +Name + +dblink_close -- Closes a cursor on a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink_close(text cursorname) + +Inputs + + cursorname + + a reference name for the cursor + +Outputs + + Returns status = "OK" + +Note + dblink_connect(text connstr) must be executed first. + +Example usage + +test=# select dblink_connect('dbname=template1'); + dblink_connect +---------------- + OK +(1 row) + +test=# select dblink_open('foo','select proname, prosrc from pg_proc'); + dblink_open +------------- + OK +(1 row) + +test=# select dblink_close('foo'); + dblink_close +-------------- + OK +(1 row) + diff --git a/contrib/dblink/doc/deprecated b/contrib/dblink/doc/deprecated new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..09a99987573 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/dblink/doc/deprecated @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +================================================================== +Name + +*DEPRECATED* use new dblink syntax +dblink -- Returns a resource id for a data set from a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink(text connstr, text sql) + +Inputs + + connstr + + standard libpq format connection srting, + e.g. "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd" + + sql + + sql statement that you wish to execute on the remote host + e.g. "select * from pg_class" + +Outputs + + Returns setof int (res_id) + +Example usage + + select dblink('hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd' + ,'select f1, f2 from mytable'); + +================================================================== + +Name + +*DEPRECATED* use new dblink syntax +dblink_tok -- Returns individual select field results from a dblink remote query + +Synopsis + +dblink_tok(int res_id, int fnumber) + +Inputs + + res_id + + a resource id returned by a call to dblink() + + fnumber + + the ordinal position (zero based) of the field to be returned from the dblink result set + +Outputs + + Returns text + +Example usage + + select dblink_tok(t1.dblink_p,0) as f1, dblink_tok(t1.dblink_p,1) as f2 + from (select dblink('hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd' + ,'select f1, f2 from mytable') as dblink_p) as t1; + + +================================================================== +*DEPRECATED* use new dblink syntax +A more convenient way to use dblink may be to create a view: + + create view myremotetable as + select dblink_tok(t1.dblink_p,0) as f1, dblink_tok(t1.dblink_p,1) as f2 + from (select dblink('hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=template1 user=postgres password=postgres' + ,'select proname, prosrc from pg_proc') as dblink_p) as t1; + +Then you can simply write: + + select f1, f2 from myremotetable where f1 like 'bytea%'; + +================================================================== +Name +*DEPRECATED* use new dblink_exec syntax +dblink_last_oid -- Returns last inserted oid + +Synopsis + +dblink_last_oid(int res_id) RETURNS oid + +Inputs + + res_id + + any resource id returned by dblink function; + +Outputs + + Returns oid of last inserted tuple + +Example usage + +test=# select dblink_last_oid(dblink('hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd' + ,'insert into mytable (f1, f2) values (1,2)')); + + dblink_last_oid +---------------- + 16553 +(1 row) + diff --git a/contrib/dblink/doc/execute b/contrib/dblink/doc/execute new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..27ed5e35a01 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/dblink/doc/execute @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +================================================================== +Name + +dblink_exec -- Executes an UPDATE/INSERT/DELETE on a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink_exec(text connstr, text sql) +- or - +dblink_exec(text sql) + +Inputs + + connstr + + standard libpq format connection string, + e.g. "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd" + If the second form is used, then the dblink_connect(text connstr) must be + executed first. + + sql + + sql statement that you wish to execute on the remote host, e.g.: + + insert into foo values(0,'a','{"a0","b0","c0"}'); + +Outputs + + Returns status of the command + +Notes + 1) dblink_open starts an explicit transaction. If, after using dblink_open, + you use dblink_exec to change data, and then an error occurs or you use + dblink_disconnect without a dblink_close first, your change *will* be + lost. + +Example usage + +test=# select dblink_connect('dbname=dblink_test_slave'); + dblink_connect +---------------- + OK +(1 row) + +test=# select dblink_exec('insert into foo values(21,''z'',''{"a0","b0","c0"}'');'); + dblink_exec +----------------- + INSERT 943366 1 +(1 row) diff --git a/contrib/dblink/doc/misc b/contrib/dblink/doc/misc new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..21d241d61ba --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/dblink/doc/misc @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +================================================================== +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=template1','select oid, proname from pg_proc where proname = ''byteacat''') as f1) as t1; + dblink_current_query +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + select dblink_current_query() from (select dblink('dbname=template1','select oid, proname from pg_proc where proname = ''byteacat''') as f1) as t1; +(1 row) + +================================================================== +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 + +================================================================== +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 +------------------------------------------------------------- + UPDATE foo SET f1='1',f2='b',f3='1' WHERE f1='1' AND f2='b' +(1 row) + diff --git a/contrib/dblink/doc/query b/contrib/dblink/doc/query new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..525ffab45a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/dblink/doc/query @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +================================================================== +Name + +dblink -- Returns a set from a remote database + +Synopsis + +dblink(text connstr, text sql) +- or - +dblink(text sql) + +Inputs + + connstr + + standard libpq format connection string, + e.g. "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd" + If the second form is used, then the dblink_connect(text connstr) must be + executed first. + + sql + + sql statement that you wish to execute on the remote host + e.g. "select * from pg_class" + +Outputs + + Returns setof record + +Example usage + +test=# select * from dblink('dbname=template1','select proname, prosrc from pg_proc') + as t1(proname name, prosrc text) where proname like 'bytea%'; + proname | prosrc +------------+------------ + byteacat | byteacat + byteaeq | byteaeq + bytealt | bytealt + byteale | byteale + byteagt | byteagt + byteage | byteage + byteane | byteane + byteacmp | byteacmp + bytealike | bytealike + byteanlike | byteanlike + byteain | byteain + byteaout | byteaout +(12 rows) + +test=# select dblink_connect('dbname=template1'); + dblink_connect +---------------- + OK +(1 row) + +test=# select * from dblink('select proname, prosrc from pg_proc') + as t1(proname name, prosrc text) where proname like 'bytea%'; + proname | prosrc +------------+------------ + byteacat | byteacat + byteaeq | byteaeq + bytealt | bytealt + byteale | byteale + byteagt | byteagt + byteage | byteage + byteane | byteane + byteacmp | byteacmp + bytealike | bytealike + byteanlike | byteanlike + byteain | byteain + byteaout | byteaout +(12 rows) + +================================================================== +A more convenient way to use dblink may be to create a view: + + create view myremote_pg_proc as + select * + from dblink('dbname=template1','select proname, prosrc from pg_proc') + as t1(proname name, prosrc text); + +Then you can simply write: + + select * from myremote_pg_proc where proname like 'bytea%'; + |