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I have a problem with join 2 database. First.. I tried use this query: 

   SELECT * 
     FROM my_db1.table1 tb1 
LEFT JOIN my_db2.table2 tb2 ON tb2.code = tb1.code

I get the following error:

schema "my_db2" does not exist.

So I tried: 

SELECT * 
  FROM dblink('my_db2', 'SELECT * FROM table2')

But it still doesn't work.
What should I do, to select from two tables that are in different databases?

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This should work with dblink for two databases in the same cluster where the calling user has the necessary privileges to both. Call from a connection to your db1:

SELECT * 
FROM   table1 tb1 
LEFT   JOIN (
   SELECT *
   FROM   dblink('dbname=db2','SELECT id, code FROM table2')
   AS     tb2(id int, code text);
   ) USING (code)

Two things were missing: the connection string and the column definition list.

However, I would encapsulate access to a foreign table in a view or table function. I quote the manual:

A convenient way to use dblink with predetermined queries is to create a view. This allows the column type information to be buried in the view, instead of having to spell it out in every query.

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