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3 The FDW author needs to implement a handler function, and optionally
4 a validator function. Both functions must be written in a compiled
5 language such as C, using the version-1 interface.
6 For details on C language calling conventions and dynamic loading,
7 see <a class="xref" href="xfunc-c.html" title="36.10. C-Language Functions">Section 36.10</a>.
9 The handler function simply returns a struct of function pointers to
10 callback functions that will be called by the planner, executor, and
11 various maintenance commands.
12 Most of the effort in writing an FDW is in implementing these callback
14 The handler function must be registered with
15 <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> as taking no arguments and
16 returning the special pseudo-type <code class="type">fdw_handler</code>. The
17 callback functions are plain C functions and are not visible or
18 callable at the SQL level. The callback functions are described in
19 <a class="xref" href="fdw-callbacks.html" title="58.2. Foreign Data Wrapper Callback Routines">Section 58.2</a>.
21 The validator function is responsible for validating options given in
22 <code class="command">CREATE</code> and <code class="command">ALTER</code> commands for its
23 foreign data wrapper, as well as foreign servers, user mappings, and
24 foreign tables using the wrapper.
25 The validator function must be registered as taking two arguments, a
26 text array containing the options to be validated, and an OID
27 representing the type of object the options are associated with. The
28 latter corresponds to the OID of the system catalog the object
29 would be stored in, one of:
30 </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist compact" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">AttributeRelationId</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">ForeignDataWrapperRelationId</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">ForeignServerRelationId</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">ForeignTableRelationId</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><code class="literal">UserMappingRelationId</code></p></li></ul></div><p>
31 If no validator function is supplied, options are not checked at object
32 creation time or object alteration time.
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