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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man3/dblink_connect.3 b/doc/src/sgml/man3/dblink_connect.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..60fe2cf --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man3/dblink_connect.3 @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: dblink_connect +.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 2021 +.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation +.\" Source: PostgreSQL 13.4 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "DBLINK_CONNECT" "3" "2021" "PostgreSQL 13.4" "PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +dblink_connect \- opens a persistent connection to a remote database +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +dblink_connect(text connstr) returns text +dblink_connect(text connname, text connstr) returns text +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBdblink_connect()\fR +establishes a connection to a remote +PostgreSQL +database\&. The server and database to be contacted are identified through a standard +libpq +connection string\&. Optionally, a name can be assigned to the connection\&. Multiple named connections can be open at once, but only one unnamed connection is permitted at a time\&. The connection will persist until closed or until the database session is ended\&. +.PP +The connection string may also be the name of an existing foreign server\&. It is recommended to use the foreign\-data wrapper +dblink_fdw +when defining the foreign server\&. See the example below, as well as +CREATE SERVER (\fBCREATE_SERVER\fR(7)) +and +CREATE USER MAPPING (\fBCREATE_USER_MAPPING\fR(7))\&. +.SH "ARGUMENTS" +.PP +\fIconnname\fR +.RS 4 +The name to use for this connection; if omitted, an unnamed connection is opened, replacing any existing unnamed connection\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIconnstr\fR +.RS 4 +libpq\-style connection info string, for example +hostaddr=127\&.0\&.0\&.1 port=5432 dbname=mydb user=postgres password=mypasswd options=\-csearch_path=\&. For details see +Section\ \&33.1.1\&. Alternatively, the name of a foreign server\&. +.RE +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +.PP +Returns status, which is always +OK +(since any error causes the function to throw an error instead of returning)\&. +.SH "NOTES" +.PP +If untrusted users have access to a database that has not adopted a +secure schema usage pattern, begin each session by removing publicly\-writable schemas from +\fIsearch_path\fR\&. One could, for example, add +options=\-csearch_path= +to +\fIconnstr\fR\&. This consideration is not specific to +dblink; it applies to every interface for executing arbitrary SQL commands\&. +.PP +Only superusers may use +\fBdblink_connect\fR +to create non\-password\-authenticated connections\&. If non\-superusers need this capability, use +\fBdblink_connect_u\fR +instead\&. +.PP +It is unwise to choose connection names that contain equal signs, as this opens a risk of confusion with connection info strings in other +dblink +functions\&. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +SELECT dblink_connect(\*(Aqdbname=postgres options=\-csearch_path=\*(Aq); + dblink_connect +\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- + OK +(1 row) + +SELECT dblink_connect(\*(Aqmyconn\*(Aq, \*(Aqdbname=postgres options=\-csearch_path=\*(Aq); + dblink_connect +\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- + OK +(1 row) + +\-\- FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER functionality +\-\- Note: local connection must require password authentication for this to work properly +\-\- Otherwise, you will receive the following error from dblink_connect(): +\-\- ERROR: password is required +\-\- DETAIL: Non\-superuser cannot connect if the server does not request a password\&. +\-\- HINT: Target server\*(Aqs authentication method must be changed\&. + +CREATE SERVER fdtest FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER dblink_fdw OPTIONS (hostaddr \*(Aq127\&.0\&.0\&.1\*(Aq, dbname \*(Aqcontrib_regression\*(Aq); + +CREATE USER regress_dblink_user WITH PASSWORD \*(Aqsecret\*(Aq; +CREATE USER MAPPING FOR regress_dblink_user SERVER fdtest OPTIONS (user \*(Aqregress_dblink_user\*(Aq, password \*(Aqsecret\*(Aq); +GRANT USAGE ON FOREIGN SERVER fdtest TO regress_dblink_user; +GRANT SELECT ON TABLE foo TO regress_dblink_user; + +\eset ORIGINAL_USER :USER +\ec \- regress_dblink_user +SELECT dblink_connect(\*(Aqmyconn\*(Aq, \*(Aqfdtest\*(Aq); + dblink_connect +\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- + OK +(1 row) + +SELECT * FROM dblink(\*(Aqmyconn\*(Aq, \*(AqSELECT * FROM foo\*(Aq) AS t(a int, b text, c text[]); + a | b | c +\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- + 0 | a | {a0,b0,c0} + 1 | b | {a1,b1,c1} + 2 | c | {a2,b2,c2} + 3 | d | {a3,b3,c3} + 4 | e | {a4,b4,c4} + 5 | f | {a5,b5,c5} + 6 | g | {a6,b6,c6} + 7 | h | {a7,b7,c7} + 8 | i | {a8,b8,c8} + 9 | j | {a9,b9,c9} + 10 | k | {a10,b10,c10} +(11 rows) + +\ec \- :ORIGINAL_USER +REVOKE USAGE ON FOREIGN SERVER fdtest FROM regress_dblink_user; +REVOKE SELECT ON TABLE foo FROM regress_dblink_user; +DROP USER MAPPING FOR regress_dblink_user SERVER fdtest; +DROP USER regress_dblink_user; +DROP SERVER fdtest; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} |