Re: Warning for missing createlang - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Warning for missing createlang
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Msg-id 200309050133.h851XKm25574@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Warning for missing createlang  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > I have written a patch to issue an hint if someone tries to create a
> > function in a language that isn't loaded into the database:
>
> >     ERROR:  language "plpgsql" does not exist
> >     HINT:  Perhaps you need to use 'createlang' to load the language into
> >     the database.
>
> > I know Peter didn't like this idea in the past, but we are getting too
> > many people who forget createlang, and with our new HINT tags, it seems
> > appropriate.
>
> I still agree with Peter's opinion ... this hint is fairly silly,
> especially since it would pop out for simple misspellings of language
> names.

What can we do to help people remember they have forgotten to load the
language?  The post that question here too often.  I don't see any
problem with a hint that starts with "Perhaps".

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