createlang — define a new PostgreSQL procedural language
createlang
[connection-option
...] langname
[dbname
]createlang
[connection-option
...] [--list] | [-l] dbname
createlang is a utility for adding a new programming language to a PostgreSQL database. createlang is just a wrapper around the CREATE LANGUAGE command, which see for additional information.
createlang accepts the following command-line arguments:
langname
Specifies the name of the procedural programming language to be defined.
[-d] dbname
[--dbname] dbname
Specifies to which database the language should be added. The default is to use the database with the same name as the current system user.
-e
--echo
Display SQL commands as they are executed.
-l
--list
Show a list of already installed languages in the target database.
createlang also accepts the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
-h host
--host host
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.
-p port
--port port
Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections.
-U username
--username username
User name to connect as.
-W
--password
Force password prompt.
Most error messages are self-explanatory. If not, run
createlang with the --echo
option and see under the respective SQL command
for details.