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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/IMPORT_FOREIGN_SCHEMA.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/IMPORT_FOREIGN_SCHEMA.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41cefde --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/IMPORT_FOREIGN_SCHEMA.7 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA +.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 2024 +.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 16.2 Documentation +.\" Source: PostgreSQL 16.2 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA" "7" "2024" "PostgreSQL 16.2" "PostgreSQL 16.2 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" +IMPORT_FOREIGN_SCHEMA \- import table definitions from a foreign server +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA \fIremote_schema\fR + [ { LIMIT TO | EXCEPT } ( \fItable_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] ) ] + FROM SERVER \fIserver_name\fR + INTO \fIlocal_schema\fR + [ OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \*(Aq\fIvalue\fR\*(Aq [, \&.\&.\&. ] ) ] +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBIMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA\fR +creates foreign tables that represent tables existing on a foreign server\&. The new foreign tables will be owned by the user issuing the command and are created with the correct column definitions and options to match the remote tables\&. +.PP +By default, all tables and views existing in a particular schema on the foreign server are imported\&. Optionally, the list of tables can be limited to a specified subset, or specific tables can be excluded\&. The new foreign tables are all created in the target schema, which must already exist\&. +.PP +To use +\fBIMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA\fR, the user must have +USAGE +privilege on the foreign server, as well as +CREATE +privilege on the target schema\&. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +.PP +\fIremote_schema\fR +.RS 4 +The remote schema to import from\&. The specific meaning of a remote schema depends on the foreign data wrapper in use\&. +.RE +.PP +LIMIT TO ( \fItable_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] ) +.RS 4 +Import only foreign tables matching one of the given table names\&. Other tables existing in the foreign schema will be ignored\&. +.RE +.PP +EXCEPT ( \fItable_name\fR [, \&.\&.\&.] ) +.RS 4 +Exclude specified foreign tables from the import\&. All tables existing in the foreign schema will be imported except the ones listed here\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIserver_name\fR +.RS 4 +The foreign server to import from\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIlocal_schema\fR +.RS 4 +The schema in which the imported foreign tables will be created\&. +.RE +.PP +OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \*(Aq\fIvalue\fR\*(Aq [, \&.\&.\&.] ) +.RS 4 +Options to be used during the import\&. The allowed option names and values are specific to each foreign data wrapper\&. +.RE +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +Import table definitions from a remote schema +foreign_films +on server +film_server, creating the foreign tables in local schema +films: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA foreign_films + FROM SERVER film_server INTO films; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.PP +As above, but import only the two tables +actors +and +directors +(if they exist): +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA foreign_films LIMIT TO (actors, directors) + FROM SERVER film_server INTO films; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "COMPATIBILITY" +.PP +The +\fBIMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA\fR +command conforms to the +SQL +standard, except that the +OPTIONS +clause is a +PostgreSQL +extension\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (\fBCREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE\fR(7)), CREATE SERVER (\fBCREATE_SERVER\fR(7)) |