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PostgreSQL for Data Architects

PostgreSQL for Data Architects

By : Jayadevan M
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PostgreSQL for Data Architects

PostgreSQL for Data Architects

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By: Jayadevan M

Overview of this book

This book is for developers and data architects who have some exposure to databases. It is assumed that you understand the basic concepts of tables and common database objects, including privileges and security.
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Working with extensions

We have so far initialized the database cluster. However, we made quite a few extensions available using the world option. What about them? We can list the installed extensions using the dx (describe extension) command at the psql prompt:

postgres=# \dx
                 List of installed extensions
  Name   | Version |   Schema   |         Description          
---------+---------+------------+------------------------------
plpgsql | 1.0     | pg_catalog | PL/pgSQL procedural language
(1 row)

To get a list of available extensions, we can query the pg_available_extensions view, as shown here:

postgres=# SELECT name,comment  FROM pg_available_extensions limit 5;
   name   |                           comment                         
----------+--------------------------------------------------------------
dblink   | connect to other PostgreSQL databases from within a database
isn      | data types for international product numbering standards
file_fdw | foreign-data wrapper for flat file access
tsearch2 | compatibility package for pre-8.3 text search functions
unaccent | text search dictionary that removes accents
(5 rows)

Let's try installing one extension and then see the list of installed extensions again:

postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION dblink ;
CREATE EXTENSION
postgres=# \dx
                         List of installed extensions
  Name   | Version |   Schema   |                         Description
---------+---------+------------+--------------------------------------------------------------
dblink  | 1.1     | public     | connect to other PostgreSQL databases from within a database
plpgsql | 1.0     | pg_catalog | PL/pgSQL procedural language
(2 rows)

The dblink extension has been added to the list of installed extensions. To remove it, just drop it:

postgres=# DROP EXTENSION dblink ;
DROP EXTENSION
postgres=# \dx
                 List of installed extensions
  Name   | Version |   Schema   |         Description          
---------+---------+------------+------------------------------
plpgsql | 1.0     | pg_catalog | PL/pgSQL procedural language
(1 row)

Tip

Downloading the example code

You can download the example code files from your account at http://www.packtpub.com for all the Packt Publishing books you have purchased. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit http://www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files e-mailed directly to you.

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