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title: "pg_foreign_server"
id: catalog-pg-foreign-server
pg_version: "20devel"
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## 52.24. pg_foreign_server

The catalog pg_foreign_server stores foreign server definitions. A foreign server describes a source of external data, such as a remote server. Foreign servers are accessed via foreign-data wrappers. 

**pg_foreign_server Columns**

| Column Type | Description | 
| --- | --- |
| `oid` `oid` | Row identifier |
| `srvname` `name` | Name of the foreign server |
| `srvowner` `oid` (references [pg_authid](catalog-pg-authid.md).`oid`) | Owner of the foreign server |
| `srvfdw` `oid` (references [pg_foreign_data_wrapper](catalog-pg-foreign-data-wrapper.md).`oid`) | OID of the foreign-data wrapper of this foreign server |
| `srvtype` `text` | Type of the server (optional) |
| `srvversion` `text` | Version of the server (optional) |
| `srvacl` `aclitem[]` | Access privileges; see [Section 5.9](ddl-priv.md) for details |
| `srvoptions` `text[]` | Foreign server specific options, as "keyword=value" strings |