RE: Reconfiguring active PostgreSQL instance

glimps_db_t=> create extension "uuid-ossp" ;
ERROR: could not open extension control file "/u01/app/postgres/product/postgresql-12.8/data/extension/uuid-ossp.control": No such file or directory

Should I copy the control file over from the contrib directory?

Natalie Reno (she/her/hers)
Lead Database Administrator
Database Infrastructure Team
Research IT
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
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From: David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2021 10:11 AM
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Subject: Re: Reconfiguring active PostgreSQL instance

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On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 06:42 Reno, Natalie <Natalie(dot)Reno(at)cchmc(dot)org<mailto:Natalie(dot)Reno(at)cchmc(dot)org>> wrote:
We provide a PostgreSQL instance that we configure ourselves. An application is now needing the uuid-ossp extension which requires the –with-uuid=ossp flag added to the configuration.

So what happens when you execute create extension?

David J.