Re: Is PgAudit extension database specific?

Hello Siraj,

pgAudit is a coupled component build for a specific PG version, for each PG
version you are required to install separately. Same behavior as other PG
based extensions.

Regards,
Zaid

On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM Siraj G <tosiraj(dot)g(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello Experts!
>
> Here is my observation:
>
> Connected to postgres DB and ran:
> CREATE EXTENSION pgaudit;
>
> Within postgres DB, I ran this:
> SELECT * FROM pg_catalog.pg_extension WHERE extname = 'pgaudit';
>
> It does return a row.
>
> I changed the DB and ran the same SQL, but it does not return any thing.
>
> The PostgreSQL instance is a GCP cloud SQL running with postgres V14.19.
>
> Would you help me understand this, please.
>
> Regards
> Siraj
>
>