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>CREATE SERVER</H1
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><H2
>Name</H2
>CREATE SERVER&nbsp;--&nbsp;define a new foreign server</DIV
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><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>CREATE SERVER <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>server_name</I
></TT
> [ TYPE '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>server_type</I
></TT
>' ] [ VERSION '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>server_version</I
></TT
>' ]
    FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>fdw_name</I
></TT
>
    [ OPTIONS ( <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>option</I
></TT
> '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>value</I
></TT
>' [, ... ] ) ]</PRE
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><H2
>Description</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE SERVER</TT
> defines a new foreign server.  The
   user who defines the server becomes its owner.
  </P
><P
>   A foreign server typically encapsulates connection information that
   a foreign-data wrapper uses to access an external data resource.
   Additional user-specific connection information may be specified by
   means of user mappings.
  </P
><P
>   The server name must be unique within the database.
  </P
><P
>   Creating a server requires <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>USAGE</TT
> privilege on the
   foreign-data wrapper being used.
  </P
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><H2
>Parameters</H2
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>server_name</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      The name of the foreign server to be created.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>server_type</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      Optional server type.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>server_version</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      Optional server version.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>fdw_name</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      The name of the foreign-data wrapper that manages the server.
     </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>OPTIONS ( <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>option</I
></TT
> '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>value</I
></TT
>' [, ... ] )</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      This clause specifies the options for the server.  The options
      typically define the connection details of the server, but the
      actual names and values are dependent on the server's
      foreign-data wrapper.
     </P
></DD
></DL
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></A
><H2
>Notes</H2
><P
>   When using the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>dblink</SPAN
> module
   (see <A
HREF="dblink.html"
>dblink</A
>), the foreign server name can be used
   as an argument of the <A
HREF="contrib-dblink-connect.html"
>dblink_connect</A
>
   function to indicate the connection parameters.  See also there for
   more examples.  It is necessary to have
   the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>USAGE</TT
> privilege on the foreign server to be
   able to use it in this way.
  </P
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><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
>   Create a server <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>foo</TT
> that uses the built-in foreign-data
   wrapper <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>default</TT
>:
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE SERVER foo FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER "default";</PRE
><P>
  </P
><P
>   Create a server <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>myserver</TT
> that uses the
   foreign-data wrapper <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>pgsql</TT
>:
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER pgsql OPTIONS (host 'foo', dbname 'foodb', port '5432');</PRE
><P></P
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></A
><H2
>Compatibility</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE SERVER</TT
> conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED).
  </P
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><A
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></A
><H2
>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="sql-alterserver.html"
>ALTER SERVER</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-dropserver.html"
>DROP SERVER</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-createforeigndatawrapper.html"
>CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-createusermapping.html"
>CREATE USER MAPPING</A
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