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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
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 OK
(1 row)

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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
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 OK
(1 row)