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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml index 76842017a6a..7943138e623 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml,v 1.28 2004/12/30 21:45:37 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml,v 1.29 2005/09/05 23:50:48 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="xplang"> @@ -59,17 +59,19 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/xplang.sgml,v 1.28 2004/12/30 21:45:37 tgl Exp $ </para> <para> - For the languages supplied with the standard distribution, the - program <xref linkend="app-createlang"> may be used to install the - language instead of carrying out the details by hand. For - example, to install the language + For the languages supplied with the standard distribution, it is + only necessary to execute <command>CREATE LANGUAGE</> + <replaceable>language_name</> to install the language into the + current database. Alternatively, the program <xref + linkend="app-createlang"> may be used to do this from the shell + command line. For example, to install the language <application>PL/pgSQL</application> into the database <literal>template1</>, use <programlisting> createlang plpgsql template1 </programlisting> The manual procedure described below is only recommended for - installing custom languages that <command>createlang</command> + installing custom languages that <command>CREATE LANGUAGE</command> does not know about. </para> @@ -80,9 +82,10 @@ createlang plpgsql template1 <para> A procedural language is installed in a database in four steps, - which must be carried out by a database superuser. The - <command>createlang</command> program automates all but <xref - linkend="xplang-install-cr1">. + which must be carried out by a database superuser. (For languages + known to <command>CREATE LANGUAGE</>, the second and third steps + can be omitted, because they will be carried out automatically + if needed.) </para> <step performance="required" id="xplang-install-cr1"> @@ -202,10 +205,11 @@ CREATE TRUSTED PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE plpgsql In a default <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> installation, the handler for the <application>PL/pgSQL</application> language is built and installed into the <quote>library</quote> - directory. If <application>Tcl</> support is configured in, the handlers for - <application>PL/Tcl</> and <application>PL/TclU</> are also built and installed in the same - location. Likewise, the <application>PL/Perl</> and <application>PL/PerlU</> handlers are built - and installed if Perl support is configured, and <application>PL/PythonU</> is + directory. If <application>Tcl</> support is configured in, the handlers + for <application>PL/Tcl</> and <application>PL/TclU</> are also built and + installed in the same location. Likewise, the <application>PL/Perl</> and + <application>PL/PerlU</> handlers are built and installed if Perl support + is configured, and the <application>PL/PythonU</> handler is installed if Python support is configured. </para> |