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HV00LERRORTier 2 — Caution✅ HIGH confidence

fdw_unable_to_create_execution

Category: Foreign Data Wrapper ErrorVersions: PostgreSQL 9.1+

What this means

A foreign data wrapper was unable to create an execution context or statement on the remote server, preventing the query from running.

Why it happens

  1. 1Remote server rejected the statement preparation request
  2. 2Insufficient privileges on the remote server to execute the query
  3. 3Remote server resource limits reached (max connections, max prepared statements)
  4. 4FDW internal error creating the execution environment

How to reproduce

Initiating a query against a foreign table

trigger — this will ERROR
SELECT * FROM my_foreign_table WHERE id = 1;
ERROR: HV00L: fdw_unable_to_create_execution

Fix 1: Check remote server permissions and resources

Remote server rejects execution

fix
SELECT * FROM pg_user_mappings WHERE srvname = 'myserver';

Why this works

Ensures the mapped user has SELECT privileges on the remote tables

What not to do

Do not ignore this error as transient

Why it's wrong: Usually indicates a persistent permission or resource problem on the remote server

Sources

📚 Official docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/fdw-error-handling.html

🔧 Source ref: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/errcodes-appendix.html

Confidence assessment

✅ HIGH confidence

Standard FDW error code from official PostgreSQL appendix.

See also

📄 Reference pages

postgres_fdw documentation
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