Re: improve CREATE EXTENSION error message

On 11/29/21, 2:43 PM, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com> writes:
>> postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION does_not_exist;
>> ERROR: extension "does_not_exist" is not available
>> DETAIL: The extension must first be installed on the system where PostgreSQL is running.
>> HINT: The pg_available_extensions view lists the extensions that are available for installation.
>
> I don't think that HINT is useful at all, and I agree with Chapman
> that we should still show the filename we tried to look up,
> just in case there's a path problem or the like.

Okay, I removed the part about pg_available_extensions and now the
message looks like this:

postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION does_not_exist;
ERROR: extension "does_not_exist" is not available
DETAIL: Extension control file "/usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/does_not_exist.control" does not exist.
HINT: The extension must first be installed on the system where PostgreSQL is running.

Nathan