CREATELANG(1) PostgreSQL 9.4.

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CREATELANG(1)

NAME
createlang - install a PostgreSQL procedural language
SYNOPSIS
createlang [connection-option...] langname [dbname]
createlang [connection-option...] --list | -l [dbname]
DESCRIPTION
createlang is a utility for adding a procedural language to a PostgreSQL
database.
createlang is just a wrapper around the CREATE EXTENSION (CREATE_EXTENSIO
N(7)) SQL command.
Caution
createlang is deprecated and may be removed in a future PostgreSQL re
lease. Direct use of the
CREATE EXTENSION command is recommended instead.
OPTIONS
createlang accepts the following command-line arguments:
langname
Specifies the name of the procedural language to be installed. (This
name is lower-cased.)
[-d] dbname
[--dbname=]dbname
Specifies the database to which the language should be added. The def
ault is to use the database
with the same name as the current system user.
-e
--echo
Display SQL commands as they are executed.
-l
--list
Show a list of already installed languages in the target database.
-V
--version
Print the createlang version and exit.
-?
--help
Show help about createlang command line arguments, and exit.
createlang also accepts the following command-line arguments for connecti
on parameters:
-h host
--host=host
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running
. If the value begins with a
slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
-p port
--port=port
Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on
which the server is
listening for connections.
-U username
--username=username
User name to connect as.
-w
--no-password
Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires password authen
tication and a password is
not available by other means such as a .pgpass file, the connection a
ttempt will fail. This
option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user is prese
nt to enter a password.
-W
--password
Force createlang to prompt for a password before connecting to a data
base.
This option is never essential, since createlang will automatically p
rompt for a password if the
server demands password authentication. However, createlang will wast
e a connection attempt
finding out that the server wants a password. In some cases it is wor
th typing -W to avoid the
extra connection attempt.
ENVIRONMENT
PGDATABASE
PGHOST
PGPORT
PGUSER
Default connection parameters
This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the environ
ment variables supported by
libpq (see Section 31.14, Environment Variables , in the documentation).
DIAGNOSTICS
Most error messages are self-explanatory. If not, run createlang with the
--echo option and see the
respective SQL command for details. Also, any default connection settings
and environment variables
used by the libpq front-end library will apply.
NOTES
Use droplang(1) to remove a language.
EXAMPLES
To install the language pltcl into the database template1:
$ createlang pltcl template1
 Note that installing the language into template1 will cause it to be auto
matically installed into
subsequently-created databases as well.
SEE ALSO
droplang(1), CREATE EXTENSION (CREATE_EXTENSION(7)), CREATE LANGUAGE (CRE
ATE_LANGUAGE(7))

PostgreSQL 9.4.9 2016

CREATELANG(1)