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.\"     Title: CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2016
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 9.5.2 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 9.5.2
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER" "5sql" "2016" "PostgreSQL 9.5.2" "PostgreSQL 9.5.2 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
CREATE_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER \- define a new foreign\-data wrapper
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER \fIname\fR
    [ HANDLER \fIhandler_function\fR | NO HANDLER ]
    [ VALIDATOR \fIvalidator_function\fR | NO VALIDATOR ]
    [ OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \(aq\fIvalue\fR\(aq [, \&.\&.\&. ] ) ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBCREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER\fR
creates a new foreign\-data wrapper\&. The user who defines a foreign\-data wrapper becomes its owner\&.
.PP
The foreign\-data wrapper name must be unique within the database\&.
.PP
Only superusers can create foreign\-data wrappers\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
\fIname\fR
.RS 4
The name of the foreign\-data wrapper to be created\&.
.RE
.PP
HANDLER \fIhandler_function\fR
.RS 4
\fIhandler_function\fR
is the name of a previously registered function that will be called to retrieve the execution functions for foreign tables\&. The handler function must take no arguments, and its return type must be
fdw_handler\&.
.sp
It is possible to create a foreign\-data wrapper with no handler function, but foreign tables using such a wrapper can only be declared, not accessed\&.
.RE
.PP
VALIDATOR \fIvalidator_function\fR
.RS 4
\fIvalidator_function\fR
is the name of a previously registered function that will be called to check the generic options given to the foreign\-data wrapper, as well as options for foreign servers, user mappings and foreign tables using the foreign\-data wrapper\&. If no validator function or
NO VALIDATOR
is specified, then options will not be checked at creation time\&. (Foreign\-data wrappers will possibly ignore or reject invalid option specifications at run time, depending on the implementation\&.) The validator function must take two arguments: one of type
text[], which will contain the array of options as stored in the system catalogs, and one of type
oid, which will be the OID of the system catalog containing the options\&. The return type is ignored; the function should report invalid options using the
\fBereport(ERROR)\fR
function\&.
.RE
.PP
OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \(aq\fIvalue\fR\(aq [, \&.\&.\&. ] )
.RS 4
This clause specifies options for the new foreign\-data wrapper\&. The allowed option names and values are specific to each foreign data wrapper and are validated using the foreign\-data wrapper\(aqs validator function\&. Option names must be unique\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP

PostgreSQL\(aqs foreign\-data functionality is still under active development\&. Optimization of queries is primitive (and mostly left to the wrapper, too)\&. Thus, there is considerable room for future performance improvements\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Create a useless foreign\-data wrapper
dummy:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER dummy;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Create a foreign\-data wrapper
file
with handler function
file_fdw_handler:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER file HANDLER file_fdw_handler;
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Create a foreign\-data wrapper
mywrapper
with some options:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER mywrapper
    OPTIONS (debug \(aqtrue\(aq);
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP

\fBCREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER\fR
conforms to ISO/IEC 9075\-9 (SQL/MED), with the exception that the
HANDLER
and
VALIDATOR
clauses are extensions and the standard clauses
LIBRARY
and
LANGUAGE
are not implemented in
PostgreSQL\&.
.PP
Note, however, that the SQL/MED functionality as a whole is not yet conforming\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ALTER FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER (\fBALTER_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER\fR(5)), DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER (\fBDROP_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER\fR(5)), CREATE SERVER (\fBCREATE_SERVER\fR(5)), CREATE USER MAPPING (\fBCREATE_USER_MAPPING\fR(5)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (\fBCREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE\fR(5))