> On 23 January 2016 at 04:40, John J. Turner <fenwayri...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jan 22, 2016, at 1:05 PM, ivo silvestre <ivo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I need to create a linked server between 2 Windows servers. In one I've > > PostgreSQL with admin privileges and in the other MS SQL with only read > > access. > > > > I need to create a view (or a foreign table?) in PostgreSQL from a table in > > MS SQL in another server ... > > ... I found GeoffMontee's Github, but I don't know how to install it on > > Windows... > > Perhaps this link may help: > https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3663/sql-server-and-postgresql-foreign-data-wrapper-configuration--part-3/ > > The only caveat I see offhand is the use of the 'sa' account, but I can't > vouch for that being a required mapping.
On Jan 23, 2016, at 4:08 AM, ivo silvestre <ivo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > Thanks, but I already saw that link. The problem is to installing the tds_fwd > extension on postgres. And I don't know how to (never tried) compile it... > > What comes with postgres by default is the postgres fdw, that allow to link 2 > different postgres servers, but in this case that doesn't help me. Sorry Ivo, my bad - I managed to gloss over the salient point for your issue in this link - you're on Windows, his Postgres was on Linux! Compiling an extension on Windows, last time I tried many moons ago was unfortunately not successful, which involved compiling the whole pg source tree via MinGW. Hazarding a thought - although it's discontinued, it might be worth checking out Windows Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX But I suspect anything you managed to compile with that would still be incompatible with your pg instance... Beyond that, perhaps the gurus here have some sage advice... - John
