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<!--
doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
<refentry id="APP-CREATELANG">
<indexterm zone="app-createlang">
<primary>createlang</primary>
</indexterm>
<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>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>createlang</command>
<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>langname</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>createlang</command>
<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>connection-option</replaceable></arg>
<group choice="plain"><arg choice="plain"><option>--list</option></arg><arg choice="plain"><option>-l</option></arg></group>
<arg choice="opt"><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>