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Peter Eisentraut 4266509c57 Improve markup of cmdsynopsis elements
Add more markup in particular so that the command options appear
consistently in monospace in the HTML output.

On the vacuumdb reference page, remove listing all the possible
options in the synopsis.  They have become too many now; we have the
detailed options list for that.
2012-04-30 21:18:03 +03:00

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<!--
doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
<refentry id="APP-CREATELANG">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle><application>createlang</application></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>Application</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>createlang</refname>
<refpurpose>install a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> procedural language</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm zone="app-createlang">
<primary>createlang</primary>
</indexterm>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>createlang</command>
<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>langname</replaceable></arg>
<arg><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>createlang</command>
<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
<group choice="plain"><arg><option>--list</option></arg><arg><option>-l</option></arg></group>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<application>createlang</application> is a utility for adding a
procedural language to a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database.
</para>
<para>
<application>createlang</application> is just a wrapper around the
<xref linkend="sql-createextension"> SQL command.
</para>
<caution>
<para>
<application>createlang</application> is deprecated and may be removed
in a future <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> release. Direct use
of the <command>CREATE EXTENSION</> command is recommended instead.
</para>
</caution>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Options</title>
<para>
<application>createlang</application> accepts the following command-line arguments:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="parameter">langname</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the name of the procedural language to be
installed. (This name is lower-cased.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option><optional>-d</> <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term>
<term><option><optional>--dbname=</><replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the database to which the language should be added.
The default is to use the database with the same name as the
current system user.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-e</></term>
<term><option>--echo</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Display SQL commands as they are executed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-l</></term>
<term><option>--list</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Show a list of already installed languages in the target database.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-V</></term>
<term><option>--version</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Print the <application>createlang</application> version and exit.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-?</></term>
<term><option>--help</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Show help about <application>createlang</application> command line
arguments, and exit.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
<application>createlang</application> also accepts
the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></></term>
<term><option>--host=<replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
server
is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></></term>
<term><option>--port=<replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
extension on which the server
is listening for connections.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-U <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term>
<term><option>--username=<replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term>
<listitem>
<para>
User name to connect as.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-w</></term>
<term><option>--no-password</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
password authentication and a password is not available by
other means such as a <filename>.pgpass</filename> file, the
connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
password.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-W</></term>
<term><option>--password</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Force <application>createlang</application> to prompt for a
password before connecting to a database.
</para>
<para>
This option is never essential, since
<application>createlang</application> will automatically prompt
for a password if the server demands password authentication.
However, <application>createlang</application> will waste a
connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
In some cases it is worth typing <option>-W</> to avoid the extra
connection attempt.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>PGDATABASE</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGHOST</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGPORT</envar></term>
<term><envar>PGUSER</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Default connection parameters
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
This utility, like most other <productname>PostgreSQL</> utilities,
also uses the environment variables supported by <application>libpq</>
(see <xref linkend="libpq-envars">).
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Diagnostics</title>
<para>
Most error messages are self-explanatory. If not, run
<application>createlang</application> with the <option>--echo</option>
option and see the respective <acronym>SQL</acronym> command
for details. Also, any default connection settings and environment
variables used by the <application>libpq</application> front-end
library will apply.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
Use <xref linkend="app-droplang"> to remove a language.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
To install the language <literal>pltcl</literal> into the database
<literal>template1</literal>:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createlang pltcl template1</userinput>
</screen>
Note that installing the language into <literal>template1</literal>
will cause it to be automatically installed into subsequently-created
databases as well.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="app-droplang"></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-createextension"></member>
<member><xref linkend="sql-createlanguage"></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>