createlang

Description

createlang is a utility for adding a new programming language to a PostgreSQL database. createlang is just a wrapper around the CREATE LANGUAGE command.

Options

createlang accepts the following command-line arguments:

createlang also accepts the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:

Environment

This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the environment variables supported by libpq (see Section 29.12).

Diagnostics

Most error messages are self-explanatory. If not, run createlang with the --echo option and see under 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 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 automatically installed into subsequently-created databases as well.

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