Greetings,
While configuring ORG_FWD.
I hope you are setting path like server name and absolute path to file on your network share and network share has appropriate permissions.
'\\remote_server\path\to\file.xlsx' on network share
Create user mapping if required.
check your config through
ogr_fdw_info -s "\\\\remote_server\\path\\to\\file.xlsx" -l
To diagnose the issue you can check permissions, network accessability, path format should include server name and absolute file path and any compatability issues.
Regards,
Salahuddin.
On Wed, 29 May 2024, 14:42 Russell Mercer, <rmercer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I'm running into a problem connecting to a foreign server with my
Postgres database. I am using the OGR_FDW trying to connect to an Excel
"XLSX". I had this database on another server, and the foreign server
was set up and working properly there. I am trying to change the path
to the file which it is referencing, and I am now receiving an error.
In addition, I tried to just create a new foreign server to that same
"XLSX" file and it also gave the error of "Failed to connect to data
source".
I used the OGR_FDW_INfo tool to make sure I had the foreign server
reference structured correctly, but it matches what I had before, and
didn't make a difference.
I'm a bit lost as to where to look for possible solutions. One idea I
have is that perhaps it is a permissions issue with accessing other
files on the server where Postgres is installed, with the "postgres" user.
Some basic info:
Server: Windows Server 2022
PostgreSQL 16.2 - Installed using Stack Builder
Any information or ideas as to a solution, would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Russell
