2001-05-09 createlang 1 Application createlang define a new PostgreSQL procedural language createlang connection-options langname dbname createlang connection-options --list-l dbname createlang accepts the following command line arguments: langname Specifies the name of the procedural programming language to be defined. createlang will prompt for langname if it is not specified on the command line. -d, --dbname dbname Specifies to which database the language should be added. -e, --echo Displays SQL commands as they are executed. -l, --list Shows a list of already installed languages in the target database (which must be specified). --L directory Specifies the directory in which the language interpreter is to be found. Use of this option is deprecated; the directory is normally found automatically. createlang also accepts the following command line arguments for connection parameters: -h, --host host Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the postmaster is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the unix domain socket. -p, --port port Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the postmaster is listening for connections. -U, --username username Username 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. Check also under for more possibilities. createlang is a utility for adding a new programming language to a Postgres database. createlang currently accepts several languages, plpgsql, pltcl, pltclu, and plperl. Although backend programming languages can be added directly using several SQL commands, it is recommended to use createlang because it performs a number of checks and is much easier to use. See for more. Use to remove a language. createlang is a shell script that invokes psql several times. If you have things arranged so that a password prompt is required to connect, you will be prompted for a password several times. To install pltcl into the database template1: $ createlang pltcl template1