Re: Is PgAudit extension database specific?

Hello,

This is standard for all pg extensions as mentioned above.

Just adding a minor doc patch to add clarification in the doc.

Thanks,
Dharin

On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM zaidagilist <zaidagilist(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>