Re: improve CREATE EXTENSION error message

On 11/29/21, 1:32 PM, "Daniel Gustafsson" <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> wrote:
>> On 29 Nov 2021, at 22:02, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I'm not quite satisfied with the "on the system" wording, but I'm
>> not sure of what would be better. I agree that we can't just say
>> "is not installed", because people will confuse that with whether
>> it is installed within the database.
>
> That's a good point, the hint is targeting users who might not even know that
> an extension needs to be physically and separately installed on the machine
> before it can be installed in their database; so maybe using "installed" here
> isn't entirely helpful at all. That being said I'm at a loss for a more
> suitable word, "available" perhaps?

I was just thinking the same thing. I used "available" in v2, which
is attached.

Nathan