HV002ERRORTier 2 — Caution✅ HIGH confidenceFDW dynamic parameter value needed
Category: Foreign Data Wrapper ErrorVersions: All Postgres versions (with FDW extension)
What this means
SQLSTATE HV002 is raised when a foreign data wrapper requires a dynamic parameter value that was not provided — for example, a required FDW option that was omitted from the CREATE SERVER or CREATE FOREIGN TABLE definition.
Why it happens
- 1A required FDW option (e.g., host, dbname, table_name) is missing from the foreign server or foreign table definition
How to reproduce
Missing required FDW option.
trigger — this will ERROR
CREATE SERVER remote_pg FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw;
-- missing host and dbname optionsERROR: required option "host" is missing
Fix 1: Provide all required options in the FDW object definition
When creating a foreign server or foreign table.
fix
CREATE SERVER remote_pg
FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw
OPTIONS (host 'remote.host', dbname 'remotedb', port '5432');Why this works
Consult the FDW documentation for the required options and include them all in the CREATE SERVER or CREATE FOREIGN TABLE statement.
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/errcodes-appendix.html
🔧 Source ref: Class HV — Foreign Data Wrapper Error
Confidence assessment
✅ HIGH confidence
Standard SQLSTATE for FDW missing options. Stable across versions.
See also
🔗 Related errors
📄 Reference pages
postgres_fdwCREATE SERVERCREATE FOREIGN TABLE
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