On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:29 PM, SHARMILA JOTHIRAJAH <sharmi_jo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > Hi, >> > I have 2 postgres databases with similar structure. I >> want to keep some tables in sync in these 2 databases(They >> can be synced just once a day). Is there a way to archive >> this using function ? >> > Something like.... >> > >> > Select syncTable('foo') >> > >> > where syncTable is a function that compares table >> 'foo' in db1 with table 'foo' in db2 and make >> changes(update/insert/delete) to 'foo' in db1 >> >> You can either truncate it on the destination db every so >> often, then >> dump / restore the data back into it, drop it and restore >> it, write a >> simple replication script that looks for missing / >> updated rows, or >> my suggestion, set up replication with slony and be done >> with it. Of >> course, you don't mention if you need one or two way >> synchronization, >> which makes a big difference in how you choose to do >> things. >> > > Also, Is there a way to archive this using dbi_link? In Oracle I do this using db_link..is it possible to get this done using postgres' dbi_link? there's a package called dblink for linux. Not sure it could automate things, but if you're using dbi_link in oracle, dblink in pgsql can accomplish the same basic thing. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general