SQL: send query to all database available - sql

Question

How is it possible to send a query to all databases on a server? I do not want to input all databases names, the script should auto-detect them.
example query:
SELECT SUM(tourney_results.amt_won)-SUM((tourney_summary.amt_buyin+tourney_summary.amt_fee)) as results
FROM tourney_results
INNER JOIN tourney_summary
ON tourney_results.id_tourney=tourney_summary.id_tourney
Where id_player=(SELECT id_player FROM player WHERE player_name='Apple');
So what I want to achieve here, if there is 2 databases, the first one would result 60, the second one would result 50, I need the 55 output here.
All databeses would have the same structure, tables etc.

Answer 1

You can do it using plpgsql and db_link. First install the db_link extension in the database you are connecting to:
CREATE EXTENSION dblink;
Then use a plpgsql function which iterates over all database on the server and executes the query. See this example (see comments inline). Note that I used a sample query in the function. You have to adapt the function with your real query:
CREATE or REPLACE FUNCTION test_dblink() RETURNS BIGINT AS
$$
DECLARE pg_database_row record;
query_result BIGINT;
_dbname TEXT;
_conn_name TEXT;
return_value BIGINT;
BEGIN
--initialize the final value
return_value = 0;
--first iterate over the records in the meta table pg_database
FOR pg_database_row in SELECT * FROM pg_database WHERE (NOT datistemplate) AND (datallowconn) LOOP
_dbname = pg_database_row.datname;
--build a connection name for db_link
_conn_name=_dbname||'myconn';
--close the connection is already active:
IF array_contains(dblink_get_connections(),_conn_name) THEN
PERFORM dblink_disconnect(_conn_name);
END IF;
-- open the connection with the actual database name
PERFORM dblink_connect(_dbname||'myconn', 'dbname='||_dbname);
-- check if the table does exist in the database:
PERFORM * FROM dblink(_conn_name,'SELECT 1 from pg_tables where tablename = ''your_table''') AS t(id int) ;
IF FOUND THEN
-- if the table exist, perform the query and save the result in a variable
SELECT * FROM dblink(_conn_name,'SELECT sum(id) FROM your_table limit 1') AS t(total int) INTO query_result;
IF query_result IS NOT NULL THEN
return_value = return_value + query_result;
END IF;
END IF;
PERFORM dblink_disconnect(_conn_name);
END LOOP;
RETURN return_value;
END;
$$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
Execute the function with
select test_dblink();