Is there any shortcut for using dblink in Postgres?

Question

In Postgres, you can link to your other databases using dblink, but the syntax is very verbose. For example you can do:

SELECT *
FROM dblink (
         


        

Answer 1

You can wrap connection parameters in a FOREIGN SERVER object like @Peter explains, but you'd still have to spell out the rest.

You can encapsulate everything in a view or function, so you type it only once. Example with a function - Run as superuser:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_lnk_tbl()
  RETURNS TABLE(tbl_id int, col1 text, log_ts timestamp) AS
$BODY$

SELECT *
  FROM dblink(
  'SELECT tbl_id, col1, log_ts
   FROM   tbl
   ORDER  BY tbl_id'::text) AS b(
 tbl_id int
,col1   text
,log_ts timestamp);

$BODY$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE SECURITY DEFINER;
REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION f_lnk_tbl() FROM public;


CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_sync()
  RETURNS text AS
$BODY$

SELECT dblink_connect('hostaddr=123.123.123.123 port=5432 dbname=mydb
                       user=postgres password=*secret*');

INSERT INTO my_local_tbl SELECT * FROM f_lnk_tbl();
-- more tables?

SELECT dblink_disconnect();

$BODY$
  LANGUAGE sql VOLATILE SECURITY DEFINER;
REVOKE ALL ON FUNCTION blob.f_dbsync() FROM public;
-- GRANT ....;