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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 ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="AEN75998" ></A ><H2 >Parameters</H2 ><P ></P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT ><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, potentially useful to foreign-data wrappers. </P ></DD ><DT ><TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >server_version</I ></TT ></DT ><DD ><P > Optional server version, potentially useful to foreign-data wrappers. </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 ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="AEN76028" ></A ><H2 >Notes</H2 ><P > When using the <A HREF="dblink.html" >dblink</A > module, a foreign server's name can be used as an argument of the <A HREF="contrib-dblink-connect.html" >dblink_connect</A > function to indicate the connection parameters. 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 ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="AEN76034" ></A ><H2 >Examples</H2 ><P > Create a server <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >myserver</TT > that uses the foreign-data wrapper <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >postgres_fdw</TT >: </P><PRE CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" >CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw OPTIONS (host 'foo', dbname 'foodb', port '5432');</PRE ><P> See <A HREF="postgres-fdw.html" >postgres_fdw</A > for more details. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="AEN76041" ></A ><H2 >Compatibility</H2 ><P > <TT CLASS="COMMAND" >CREATE SERVER</TT > conforms to ISO/IEC 9075-9 (SQL/MED). </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A NAME="AEN76045" ></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-createforeigntable.html" >CREATE FOREIGN TABLE</A >, <A HREF="sql-createusermapping.html" >CREATE USER MAPPING</A ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sql-createsequence.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sql-createtable.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >CREATE SEQUENCE</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sql-commands.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >CREATE TABLE</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >