Re: improve CREATE EXTENSION error message

> On 29 Nov 2021, at 22:47, Bossart, Nathan <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On 11/29/21, 1:38 PM, "Chapman Flack" <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> wrote:
>> On 11/29/21 16:31, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>>> That's a good point, the hint is targeting users who might not even know that
>>> an extension needs to be physically and separately installed on the machine
>>> before it can be installed in their database; so maybe using "installed" here
>>> isn't entirely helpful at all. That being said I'm at a loss for a more
>>> suitable word, "available" perhaps?
>>
>> Maybe a larger break with the "This means the extension something something"
>> formulation, and more on the lines of
>>
>> HINT: an extension must first be present (for example, installed with a
>> package manager) on the system where PostgreSQL is running.
>
> I like this idea. I can do it this way in the next revision if others
> agree.

I think taking it in this direction has merits.

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