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The SQL/MED is an extension of the SQL designed to manage external data sources.

The SQL/MED, or Management of External Data, extension to the standard is defined by ISO/IEC 9075-9:2003. SQL/MED provides extensions to SQL that define foreign-data wrappers and datalink types to allow SQL to manage external data. External data is data that is accessible to, but not managed by, an SQL-based DBMS. This standard can be used in the development of federated database systems.

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Do databases besides Postgres have features comparable to foreign data wrappers?

I'm very excited by several of the more recently-added Postgres features, such as foreign data wrappers. I'm not aware of any other RDBMS having this feature, but before I try to make the case to my main client that they should begin preferring…
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