Re: Add Postgres module info

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Euler Taveira" <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com>
Cc: "Andres Freund" <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "Andrei Lepikhov" <lepihov(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add Postgres module info
Date: 2024-12-12 01:34:28
Message-ID: 556165.1733967268@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Euler Taveira" <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com> writes:
> +1 for the general idea. I received some reports like [1] related to wal2json
> that people wants to obtain the output plugin version. Since it is not installed
> via CREATE EXTENSION, it is not possible to detect what version is installed,
> hence, some tools cannot have some logic to probe the module version. In a
> managed environment, it is hard to figure out the exact version for
> non-CREATE-EXTENSION modules, unless it is explicitly informed by the vendor.

What would you foresee as the SQL API for inspecting a module that's
not tied to an extension?

regards, tom lane

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