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.\"     Title: CREATE SERVER
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2021
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 13.4
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "CREATE SERVER" "7" "2021" "PostgreSQL 13.4" "PostgreSQL 13.4 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
CREATE_SERVER \- define a new foreign server
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
CREATE SERVER [ IF NOT EXISTS ] \fIserver_name\fR [ TYPE \*(Aq\fIserver_type\fR\*(Aq ] [ VERSION \*(Aq\fIserver_version\fR\*(Aq ]
    FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER \fIfdw_name\fR
    [ OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \*(Aq\fIvalue\fR\*(Aq [, \&.\&.\&. ] ) ]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBCREATE SERVER\fR
defines a new foreign server\&. The user who defines the server becomes its owner\&.
.PP
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\&.
.PP
The server name must be unique within the database\&.
.PP
Creating a server requires
USAGE
privilege on the foreign\-data wrapper being used\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
.PP
IF NOT EXISTS
.RS 4
Do not throw an error if a server with the same name already exists\&. A notice is issued in this case\&. Note that there is no guarantee that the existing server is anything like the one that would have been created\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIserver_name\fR
.RS 4
The name of the foreign server to be created\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIserver_type\fR
.RS 4
Optional server type, potentially useful to foreign\-data wrappers\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIserver_version\fR
.RS 4
Optional server version, potentially useful to foreign\-data wrappers\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIfdw_name\fR
.RS 4
The name of the foreign\-data wrapper that manages the server\&.
.RE
.PP
OPTIONS ( \fIoption\fR \*(Aq\fIvalue\fR\*(Aq [, \&.\&.\&. ] )
.RS 4
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\*(Aqs foreign\-data wrapper\&.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
When using the
dblink
module, a foreign server\*(Aqs name can be used as an argument of the
\fBdblink_connect\fR(3)
function to indicate the connection parameters\&. It is necessary to have the
USAGE
privilege on the foreign server to be able to use it in this way\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
Create a server
myserver
that uses the foreign\-data wrapper
postgres_fdw:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw OPTIONS (host \*(Aqfoo\*(Aq, dbname \*(Aqfoodb\*(Aq, port \*(Aq5432\*(Aq);
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
See
postgres_fdw
for more details\&.
.SH "COMPATIBILITY"
.PP
\fBCREATE SERVER\fR
conforms to ISO/IEC 9075\-9 (SQL/MED)\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ALTER SERVER (\fBALTER_SERVER\fR(7)), DROP SERVER (\fBDROP_SERVER\fR(7)), CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER (\fBCREATE_FOREIGN_DATA_WRAPPER\fR(7)), CREATE FOREIGN TABLE (\fBCREATE_FOREIGN_TABLE\fR(7)), CREATE USER MAPPING (\fBCREATE_USER_MAPPING\fR(7))