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PostgreSQL documentation
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<refentry id="APP-CREATELANG">
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<refentrytitle id="APP-CREATELANG-TITLE"><application>createlang</application></refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo>Application</refmiscinfo>
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<refname>createlang</refname>
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<refpurpose>define a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> procedural language</refpurpose>
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<indexterm zone="app-createlang">
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<primary>createlang</primary>
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<command>createlang</command>
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<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>langname</replaceable></arg>
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<arg><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
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<command>createlang</command>
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<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
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<group choice="plain"><arg>--list</arg><arg>-l</arg></group>
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<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
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<title>Description</title>
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<application>createlang</application> is a utility for adding a new
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programming language to a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database.
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<application>createlang</application> is just a wrapper around the
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<xref linkend="sql-createlanguage" endterm="sql-createlanguage-title">
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<title>Options</title>
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<application>createlang</application> accepts the following command-line arguments:
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">langname</replaceable></term>
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Specifies the name of the procedural programming language to be
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<term><option><optional>-d</> <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option><optional>--dbname</> <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term>
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Specifies to which database the language should be added.
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The default is to use the database with the same name as the
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<term><option>-e</></term>
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<term><option>--echo</></term>
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Display SQL commands as they are executed.
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<term><option>-l</></term>
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<term><option>--list</></term>
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Show a list of already installed languages in the target database.
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<application>createlang</application> also accepts
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the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
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<term><option>-h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--host <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></></term>
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Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
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is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
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as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
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<term><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--port <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></></term>
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Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
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extension on which the server
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is listening for connections.
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<term><option>-U <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--username <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term>
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User name to connect as.
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<term><option>-w</></term>
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<term><option>--no-password</></term>
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Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
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password authentication and a password is not available by
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other means such as a <filename>.pgpass</filename> file, the
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connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
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batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
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<term><option>-W</></term>
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<term><option>--password</></term>
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Force <application>createlang</application> to prompt for a
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password before connecting to a database.
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This option is never essential, since
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<application>createlang</application> will automatically prompt
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for a password if the server demands password authentication.
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However, <application>createlang</application> will waste a
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connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
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In some cases it is worth typing <option>-W</> to avoid the extra
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<title>Environment</title>
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<term><envar>PGDATABASE</envar></term>
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<term><envar>PGHOST</envar></term>
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<term><envar>PGPORT</envar></term>
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<term><envar>PGUSER</envar></term>
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Default connection parameters
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This utility, like most other <productname>PostgreSQL</> utilities,
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also uses the environment variables supported by <application>libpq</>
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(see <xref linkend="libpq-envars">).
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<title>Diagnostics</title>
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Most error messages are self-explanatory. If not, run
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<application>createlang</application> with the <option>--echo</option>
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option and see under the respective <acronym>SQL</acronym> command
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for details. Also, any default connection settings and environment
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variables used by the <application>libpq</application> front-end
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Use <xref linkend="app-droplang"> to remove a language.
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<title>Examples</title>
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To install the language <literal>pltcl</literal> into the database
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<literal>template1</literal>:
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<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createlang pltcl template1</userinput>
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Note that installing the language into <literal>template1</literal>
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will cause it to be automatically installed into subsequently-created
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<title>See Also</title>
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<simplelist type="inline">
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<member><xref linkend="app-droplang"></member>
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<member><xref linkend="sql-createlanguage" endterm="sql-createlanguage-title"></member>