CREATE SERVER dbpedia FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER rdf_fdw OPTIONS (endpoint 'https://dbpedia.org/sparql', fetch_size '5'); CREATE FOREIGN TABLE public.dbpedia_cities ( uri text OPTIONS (variable '?city', nodetype 'iri'), city_name text OPTIONS (variable '?name', nodetype 'literal', literaltype 'xsd:string'), elevation numeric OPTIONS (variable '?elevation', nodetype 'literal', literaltype 'xsd:integer') ) SERVER dbpedia OPTIONS ( sparql ' PREFIX dbo: PREFIX foaf: PREFIX dbr: SELECT * { ?city a dbo:City ; foaf:name ?name ; dbo:federalState dbr:North_Rhine-Westphalia ; dbo:elevation ?elevation } ORDER BY ?name OFFSET 7300 LIMIT 4200 '); /* * 't1' only partially matches with 'dbpedia_cities', with columns * 'city_name' and 'uri'. * SERVER option 'fetch_size' will be used, as both FOREIGN TABLE and * function call do not set 'fetch_size'. * 'commit_page' is set to 'false', so all retrieved and inserted records * are committed only when the transaction finishes. */ CREATE TABLE public.t1(id serial, city_name text, c1_null text, uri text, c2_null text); CALL rdf_fdw_clone_table( foreign_table => 'public.dbpedia_cities', target_table => 'public.t1', verbose => true, commit_page => false ); SELECT * FROM public.t1; /* * only a single column of 't2' matches the foreign table 'dbpedia_cities'. * reducing the 'fetch_size' to 2 and setting maximum limit of 9 records. * the SPARQL query will be ordered by 'city_name' */ CREATE TABLE public.t2(id serial, foo int, bar date, city_name text); CALL rdf_fdw_clone_table( foreign_table => 'public.dbpedia_cities', target_table => 'public.t2', fetch_size => 2, max_records => 9, orderby_column => 'city_name', verbose => true, commit_page => true ); SELECT * FROM public.t2; /* * 't3' does not exist. it will be created by the function due to * 'create_table => true' as a copy of 'dbedia_cities' */ CALL rdf_fdw_clone_table( foreign_table => 'public.dbpedia_cities', target_table => 'public.t3', create_table => true, orderby_column => 'elevation', sort_order => 'DESC', verbose => true ); SELECT * FROM public.t3; /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ CREATE FOREIGN TABLE public.film ( film_id text OPTIONS (variable '?film'), name text OPTIONS (variable '?name', language 'en'), released date OPTIONS (variable '?released', literaltype 'xsd:date'), runtime int OPTIONS (variable '?runtime'), abstract text OPTIONS (variable '?abstract') ) SERVER dbpedia OPTIONS ( log_sparql 'false', sparql ' PREFIX dbr: PREFIX dbp: PREFIX dbo: SELECT DISTINCT ?film ?name ?released ?runtime ?abstract WHERE { ?film a dbo:Film ; rdfs:comment ?abstract ; dbp:name ?name ; dbp:released ?released ; dbp:runtime ?runtime . FILTER (LANG ( ?abstract ) = "en") FILTER (datatype(?released) = xsd:date) FILTER (datatype(?runtime) = xsd:integer) } OFFSET 7300 LIMIT 4200 '); /* * 'public.heap1' only partially matches the columns of 'public.film'. * the non-matching columns will be set to NULL. */ CREATE TABLE public.heap1 (id bigserial, foo text, runtime int, bar text, name varchar, released date); CALL rdf_fdw_clone_table( foreign_table => 'public.film', target_table => 'public.heap1', orderby_column => 'released', fetch_size => 4, max_records => 15 ); SELECT * FROM public.heap1; /* * 'public.heap2' does not exist. * it will be created, since 'create_table' is set to true. */ CALL rdf_fdw_clone_table( foreign_table => 'public.film', target_table => 'public.heap2', orderby_column => 'released', create_table => true, fetch_size => 4, max_records => 15 ); SELECT runtime,name,released FROM public.heap2; /* * the matching columns of 'public.heap1' and 'public.heap2' * must be identical */ SELECT runtime,name,released FROM public.heap1 EXCEPT SELECT runtime,name,released FROM public.heap2; /* * setting 'begin_offset' to 10 */ CALL rdf_fdw_clone_table( foreign_table => 'public.film', target_table => 'public.heap3', orderby_column => 'released', create_table => true, begin_offset => 10, fetch_size => 2, max_records => 7, verbose => true ); SELECT runtime,name,released FROM public.heap3; /* * clean up the mess */ DROP TABLE IF EXISTS public.t1, public.t2, public.t3, public.heap1, public.heap2, public.heap3; DROP FOREIGN TABLE public.film, dbpedia_cities; DROP SERVER dbpedia;