Hello,
   I have a few questions inserting data using Foreign Data Wrappers (FDW). 
Consider this simple example.
 
On PostgreSQL Database A (remote):

CREATE TABLE APP.TEST (
    ID BIGSERIAL NOT NULL,
    FIRST_NAME text,
    LAST_NAME text,
    STATUS integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
    CONSTRAINT PK_USER PRIMARY KEY (ID)
);
 
When I connect directly to this database I can insert without any issues. 
Example:

insert into app.test(first_name) values('Peter');
INSERT 0 1
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On PostgreSQL Database B (local):

CREATE SERVER remote_server FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw ...
IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA APP LIMIT TO (TEST)
    FROM SERVER remote_server INTO public;
-------
 
When I try to do a simple insert into the test table on database B I get an 
error:
 
insert into test(first_name) values('Mark');
ERROR:  null value in column "id" of relation "test" violates not-null 
constraint
 
If I manually set the id, I get another error
 
insert into "user"(id, first_name) values(2, 'Mark');
ERROR:  null value in column "status" of relation "test" violates not-null 
constraint
 
Only after I set both the id and status fields can I successfully insert.
 
insert into test(id, first_name, status) values(2, 'Mark', 1);
INSERT 0 1
 
I guess the FDW is not "seeing" the default value for status and the bigserial 
sequence for the id column. Is there anyway around this? Is there an option I 
missed when I called IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA? Or is there a hack using views or 
triggers?
 
Thanks in advance,
Peter
 
 
 
 

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