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>dblink_send_query</H1
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>dblink_send_query&nbsp;--&nbsp;sends an async query to a remote database</DIV
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>Synopsis</H2
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>    dblink_send_query(text connname, text sql) returns int
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>    <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_send_query</CODE
> sends a query to be executed
    asynchronously, that is, without immediately waiting for the result.
    There must not be an async query already in progress on the
    connection.
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>    After successfully dispatching an async query, completion status
    can be checked with <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_is_busy</CODE
>, and the results
    are ultimately collected with <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_get_result</CODE
>.
    It is also possible to attempt to cancel an active async query
    using <CODE
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>dblink_cancel_query</CODE
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>conname</TT
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>       Name of the connection to use.
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>sql</TT
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>       The SQL statement that you wish to execute in the remote database,
       for example <TT
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>select * from pg_class</TT
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>    Returns 1 if the query was successfully dispatched, 0 otherwise.
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>    SELECT dblink_send_query('dtest1', 'SELECT * FROM foo WHERE f1 &lt; 3');
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