Re: Quick Extensions Question

Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Probably in future the standard PLs will be packaged as extensions, and
>> then it will work. The main reason that it won't happen for 9.1 is that
>> right now we require superuser privilege to install an extension, which
>> would be a regression compared to the privilege requirements for
>> installing standard PLs in existing releases. And relaxing that
>> requirement is a research project :-(

> Meanwhile, is it possible to have CREATE LANGUAGE internally register an
> extension? It's a kludge but I somehow though I'd mention it.

Hmmm ... it definitely is a kluge, but ...

You'd need to work out how the CREATE OR REPLACE and DROP cases would
work.

regards, tom lane