Postgresql: Table Replication Through Databases

SYNOPSYS

I already wrote on the subject.
Obvious issues where easily discovered.
I must add a timestamp to the records and do some INSERT or UPDATE.

PROCEDURE

update cur_data with new or updated date from origin_db/tbl_data 
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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION sync_cur_data(usr text, passwd text, days integer)
RETURNS integer AS
$BODY$
DECLARE
    count integer;
    r cur_data%rowtype;
BEGIN
    count = 0;
    FOR r IN SELECT *
        FROM dblink(format('dbname=origin_db user=%s password=%s', usr, passwd),
                    format('select * from tbl_data where ts > (current_timestamp - interval '%d days')))
        AS t1 (
            f1  integer,
            f2  boolean,
            f3  text,
            ts timestamp
        )
    LOOP
        count = count + 1;
        PERFORM f1 FROM cur_data WHERE f1=r.f1;
        IF NOT FOUND THEN
            INSERT INTO cur_data SELECT r.*;
        ELSE
            UPDATE cur_data SET f2=r.f2, f3=r.f3, ts=r.ts WHERE f1=r.f1;
        END IF;
    END LOOP;
    RETURN count;
    END
$BODY$
LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE

ISSUES

  • need to maintain an INSERT/UPDATE timestamp via a trigger.
DB, postgresql