From 5e45211a64149b3c659b90ff2de6fa982a5a93ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 14:17:33 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 15.5. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- doc/src/sgml/man7/CREATE_SERVER.7 | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/src/sgml/man7/CREATE_SERVER.7 (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/man7/CREATE_SERVER.7') diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/CREATE_SERVER.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/CREATE_SERVER.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a28fbcb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/CREATE_SERVER.7 @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: CREATE SERVER +.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot +.\" Date: 2023 +.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 15.5 Documentation +.\" Source: PostgreSQL 15.5 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "CREATE SERVER" "7" "2023" "PostgreSQL 15.5" "PostgreSQL 15.5 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" +CREATE_SERVER \- define a new foreign server +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +CREATE SERVER [ IF NOT EXISTS ] \fIserver_name\fR [ TYPE \*(Aq\fIserver_type\fR\*(Aq ] [ VERSION \*(Aq\fIserver_version\fR\*(Aq ] + FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER \fIfdw_name\fR + [ OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \*(Aq\fIvalue\fR\*(Aq [, \&.\&.\&. ] ) ] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBCREATE SERVER\fR +defines a new foreign server\&. The user who defines the server becomes its owner\&. +.PP +A foreign server typically encapsulates connection information that a foreign\-data wrapper uses to access an external data resource\&. Additional user\-specific connection information may be specified by means of user mappings\&. +.PP +The server name must be unique within the database\&. +.PP +Creating a server requires +USAGE +privilege on the foreign\-data wrapper being used\&. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +.PP +IF NOT EXISTS +.RS 4 +Do not throw an error if a server with the same name already exists\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. Note that there is no guarantee that the existing server is anything like the one that would have been created\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIserver_name\fR +.RS 4 +The name of the foreign server to be created\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIserver_type\fR +.RS 4 +Optional server type, potentially useful to foreign\-data wrappers\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIserver_version\fR +.RS 4 +Optional server version, potentially useful to foreign\-data wrappers\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIfdw_name\fR +.RS 4 +The name of the foreign\-data wrapper that manages the server\&. +.RE +.PP +OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \*(Aq\fIvalue\fR\*(Aq [, \&.\&.\&. ] ) +.RS 4 +This clause specifies the options for the server\&. The options typically define the connection details of the server, but the actual names and values are dependent on the server\*(Aqs foreign\-data wrapper\&. +.RE +.SH "NOTES" +.PP +When using the +dblink +module, a foreign server\*(Aqs name can be used as an argument of the +\fBdblink_connect\fR(3) +function to indicate the connection parameters\&. It is necessary to have the +USAGE +privilege on the foreign server to be able to use it in this way\&. +.PP +If the foreign server supports sort pushdown, it is necessary for it to have the same sort ordering as the local server\&. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +Create a server +myserver +that uses the foreign\-data wrapper +postgres_fdw: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw OPTIONS (host \*(Aqfoo\*(Aq, dbname \*(Aqfoodb\*(Aq, port \*(Aq5432\*(Aq); +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.sp +See +postgres_fdw +for more details\&. +.SH "COMPATIBILITY" +.PP +\fBCREATE SERVER\fR +conforms to ISO/IEC 9075\-9 (SQL/MED)\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +ALTER SERVER (\fBALTER_SERVER\fR(7)), DROP SERVER (\fBDROP_SERVER\fR(7)), CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER (\fBCREATE_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER\fR(7)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (\fBCREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE\fR(7)), CREATE USER MAPPING (\fBCREATE_USER_MAPPING\fR(7)) -- cgit v1.2.3