Create a foreign table pointing to a view
Yes, it is possible!
The following query worked perfectly:
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE facts(name character varying(255))
SERVER my_server
OPTIONS (table_name 'facts');
Where facts
is a view in my_server
instead of a table.
Recently I had to do the same thing and here are the steps that worked for me. All these commands are run on the local postgreSQL DB.
CREATE EXTENSION postgres_fdw;
CREATE SERVER remote_server_name
FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw
OPTIONS (host '10.10.10.10', port '5432', dbname 'remote_db_name');
CREATE USER MAPPING FOR local_user_name
SERVER remote_server_name
OPTIONS (user 'remote_user', password 'remote_password');
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE local_table_name (
id NUMERIC NOT NULL,
row TEXT,
another_row INTEGER,
whatever_row TEXT
)
SERVER remote_server_name
OPTIONS (schema_name 'public', table_name 'remote_table_name');