1DBLINK_FETCH(3) PostgreSQL 13.3 Documentation DBLINK_FETCH(3)
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6 dblink_fetch - returns rows from an open cursor in a remote database
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9 dblink_fetch(text cursorname, int howmany [, bool fail_on_error]) returns setof record
10 dblink_fetch(text connname, text cursorname, int howmany [, bool fail_on_error]) returns setof record
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13 dblink_fetch fetches rows from a cursor previously established by
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17 connname
18 Name of the connection to use; omit this parameter to use the
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21 cursorname
22 The name of the cursor to fetch from.
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25 The maximum number of rows to retrieve. The next howmany rows are
26 fetched, starting at the current cursor position, moving forward.
27 Once the cursor has reached its end, no more rows are produced.
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30 If true (the default when omitted) then an error thrown on the
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33 NOTICE, and the function returns no rows.
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36 The function returns the row(s) fetched from the cursor. To use this
37 function, you will need to specify the expected set of columns, as
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41 On a mismatch between the number of return columns specified in the
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43 cursor, an error will be thrown. In this event, the remote cursor is
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46 local query after the remote FETCH has been done.
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49 SELECT dblink_connect('dbname=postgres options=-csearch_path=');
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55 SELECT dblink_open('foo', 'select proname, prosrc from pg_proc where proname like ''bytea%''');
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61 SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text);
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64 byteacat | byteacat
65 byteacmp | byteacmp
66 byteaeq | byteaeq
67 byteage | byteage
68 byteagt | byteagt
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71 SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text);
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74 byteain | byteain
75 byteale | byteale
76 bytealike | bytealike
77 bytealt | bytealt
78 byteane | byteane
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81 SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text);
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84 byteanlike | byteanlike
85 byteaout | byteaout
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88 SELECT * FROM dblink_fetch('foo', 5) AS (funcname name, source text);
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