> I've setup an ODBC connection from my Linux/Postgres laptop to
> a Lunux/postgres server. I can connect via isql to the remote database.
>
> How can I select data from the remote database from within an sql
> statement in psql on my local machine?

Is it ODBC related? I think psql isn't our focus.
BTW psql have to be connected to some backend (PgSQL server). So
I'm not sure if I understand you well.

> For example I'd like to be able to specify the server@database.table
> to connect on the fly from straight SQL.
>
> Is this possible?

You could look at contrib/dblink. It could be what are you looking for.

Regards,

Luf

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