On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:51:57PM -0400, Ray Stell wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 06:43:59AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Ray Stell <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createforeigntable.html
> >> > It would be helpful if "SERVER" was defined if the parameters list
> >> > on this page.
> >>
> >> We don't usually document required keywords - they're just required.
> >> We do document the meaning of server_name, which I think is probably
> >> what you were after.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Robert Haas
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> >
> >
> >Thanks, Robert.
> >
> >Maybe if you just added a pointer to the "CREATE SERVER" command in
> >your definition of server_name it would provide a bread crumb.
> >
>
> Oh, I see my mistake. Maybe the inclusion of a link to "CREATE SERVER"
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createserver.html in the
> server_name definition would be helpful, just like in the data_type line.
> I was having trouble making the leap since the idea was a new one on me.
I have done as you suggested with the attached patch which will appear
in Postgres 9.3.
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EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 2113d00..f860ad0
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_foreign_table.sgml
*************** CREATE FOREIGN TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <
*** 135,141 ****
<listitem>
<para>
The name of an existing server for the foreign table.
! </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
--- 135,142 ----
<listitem>
<para>
The name of an existing server for the foreign table.
! For details on defining a server, see <xref
! linkend="SQL-CREATESERVER">.
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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