createlang
Synopsis
createlang [connection-option...] langname [dbname]
createlang [connection-option...] --list | -l dbname
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, which see for additional information.
Options
createlang accepts the following command-line arguments:
- langname
Specifies the name of the procedural programming language to be defined.
- [-d] dbname
[--dbname] dbname Specifies to which database the language should be added. The default 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.
createlang also accepts the following command-line arguments for connection 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
--password Force password prompt.
Diagnostics
Most error messages are self-explanatory. If not, run createlang with the --echo option and see under the respective SQL command for details.
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