From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> |
Cc: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Quick Extensions Question |
Date: | 2011-03-03 14:38:39 |
Message-ID: | 6603.1299163119@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Probably in future the standard PLs will be packaged as extensions, and
>> then it will work. The main reason that it won't happen for 9.1 is that
>> right now we require superuser privilege to install an extension, which
>> would be a regression compared to the privilege requirements for
>> installing standard PLs in existing releases. And relaxing that
>> requirement is a research project :-(
> Meanwhile, is it possible to have CREATE LANGUAGE internally register an
> extension? It's a kludge but I somehow though I'd mention it.
Hmmm ... it definitely is a kluge, but ...
You'd need to work out how the CREATE OR REPLACE and DROP cases would
work.
regards, tom lane
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