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SERVER(7)						   SQL Commands 						  CREATE SERVER(7)

NAME

       CREATE SERVER - define a new foreign server

SYNOPSIS

       CREATE SERVER servername [ TYPE 'servertype' ] [ VERSION 'serverversion' ]
	   FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER fdwname
	   [ OPTIONS ( option 'value' [, ... ] ) ]

DESCRIPTION

       CREATE SERVER defines a new foreign server. The user who defines the server becomes its owner.

       A foreign server typically encapsulates connection information that a foreign-data wrapper uses to access an external data resource.  Addi-
       tional user-specific connection information may be specified by means of user mappings.

       The server name must be unique within the database.

       Creating a server requires USAGE privilege on the foreign-data wrapper being used.

PARAMETERS

       servername
	      The name of the foreign server to be created.

       servertype
	      Optional server type.

       serverversion
	      Optional server version.

       fdwname
	      The name of the foreign-data wrapper that manages the server.

       OPTIONS ( option 'value' [, ... ] )
	      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's foreign-data wrapper.

NOTES

       When  using the dblink module (see in the documentation), the foreign server name can be used as an argument of the dblink_connect(l) func-
       tion to indicate the connection parameters. See also there for more examples. It is necessary to have the USAGE privilege  on  the  foreign
       server to be able to use it in this way.

EXAMPLES

       Create a server foo that uses the built-in foreign-data wrapper default:

       CREATE SERVER foo FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER "default";

       Create a server myserver that uses the foreign-data wrapper pgsql:

       CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER pgsql OPTIONS (host 'foo', dbname 'foodb', port '5432');

COMPATIBILITY

       CREATE SERVER conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED).

SEE ALSO

       ALTER  SERVER  [alter_server(7)],  DROP	SERVER [drop_server(7)], CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER [create_foreign_data_wrapper(7)], CREATE USER
       MAPPING [create_user_mapping(7)]

SQL - Language Statements					    2010-05-14							  CREATE SERVER(7)