doc/src/sgml/contrib.sgml

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   3 <appendix id="contrib">
   4  <title>Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions</title>
   5
   6  <para>
   7   This appendix and the next one contain information on the
   8   optional components
   9   found in the <literal>contrib</literal> directory of the
  10   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> distribution.
  11   These include porting tools, analysis utilities,
  12   and plug-in features that are not part of the core PostgreSQL system.
  13   They are separate mainly
  14   because they address a limited audience or are too experimental
  15   to be part of the main source tree.  This does not preclude their
  16   usefulness.
  17  </para>
  18
  19  <para>
  20   This appendix covers extensions and other server plug-in module
  21   libraries found in
  22   <literal>contrib</literal>.  <xref linkend="contrib-prog"/> covers utility
  23   programs.
  24  </para>
  25
  26  <para>
  27   When building from the source distribution, these optional
  28   components are not built
  29   automatically, unless you build the "world" target
  30   (see <xref linkend="build"/>).
  31   You can build and install all of them by running:
  32 <screen>
  33 <userinput>make</userinput>
  34 <userinput>make install</userinput>
  35 </screen>
  36   in the <literal>contrib</literal> directory of a configured source tree;
  37   or to build and install
  38   just one selected module, do the same in that module's subdirectory.
  39   Many of the modules have regression tests, which can be executed by
  40   running:
  41 <screen>
  42 <userinput>make check</userinput>
  43 </screen>
  44   before installation or
  45 <screen>
  46 <userinput>make installcheck</userinput>
  47 </screen>
  48   once you have a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server running.
  49  </para>
  50
  51  <para>
  52   If you are using a pre-packaged version of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>,
  53   these components are typically made available as a separate subpackage,
  54   such as <literal>postgresql-contrib</literal>.
  55  </para>
  56
  57  <para>
  58   Many components supply new user-defined functions, operators, or types,
  59   packaged as <firstterm>extensions</firstterm>.
  60   To make use of one of these extensions, after you have installed the code
  61   you need to register the new SQL objects in the database system.
  62   This is done by executing
  63   a <xref linkend="sql-createextension"/> command.  In a fresh database,
  64   you can simply do
  65
  66 <programlisting>
  67 CREATE EXTENSION <replaceable>extension_name</replaceable>;
  68 </programlisting>
  69
  70   This command registers the new SQL objects in the current database only,
  71   so you need to run it in every database in which you want
  72   the extension's facilities to be available.  Alternatively, run it in
  73   database <literal>template1</literal> so that the extension will be copied into
  74   subsequently-created databases by default.
  75  </para>
  76
  77  <para>
  78   For all extensions, the <command>CREATE EXTENSION</command> command must be
  79   run by a database superuser, unless the extension is
  80   considered <quote>trusted</quote>.  Trusted extensions can be run by any
  81   user who has <literal>CREATE</literal> privilege on the current
  82   database.  Extensions that are trusted are identified as such in the
  83   sections that follow.  Generally, trusted extensions are ones that cannot
  84   provide access to outside-the-database functionality.
  85  </para>
  86
  87  <para id="contrib-trusted-extensions">
  88   The following extensions are trusted in a default installation:
  89
  90   <simplelist type="vert" columns="4">
  91    <member><xref linkend="btree-gin"/></member>
  92    <member><xref linkend="btree-gist"/></member>
  93    <member><xref linkend="citext"/></member>
  94    <member><xref linkend="cube"/></member>
  95    <member><xref linkend="dict-int"/></member>
  96    <member><xref linkend="fuzzystrmatch"/></member>
  97    <member><xref linkend="hstore"/></member>
  98    <member><xref linkend="intarray"/></member>
  99    <member><xref linkend="isn"/></member>
 100    <member><xref linkend="lo"/></member>
 101    <member><xref linkend="ltree"/></member>
 102    <member><xref linkend="pgcrypto"/></member>
 103    <member><xref linkend="pgtrgm"/></member>
 104    <member><xref linkend="seg"/></member>
 105    <member><xref linkend="tablefunc"/></member>
 106    <member><xref linkend="tcn"/></member>
 107    <member><xref linkend="tsm-system-rows"/></member>
 108    <member><xref linkend="tsm-system-time"/></member>
 109    <member><xref linkend="unaccent"/></member>
 110    <member><xref linkend="uuid-ossp"/></member>
 111   </simplelist>
 112  </para>
 113
 114  <para>
 115   Many extensions allow you to install their objects in a schema of your
 116   choice.  To do that, add <literal>SCHEMA
 117   <replaceable>schema_name</replaceable></literal> to the <command>CREATE EXTENSION</command>
 118   command.  By default, the objects will be placed in your current creation
 119   target schema, which in turn defaults to <literal>public</literal>.
 120  </para>
 121
 122  <para>
 123   Note, however, that some of these components are not <quote>extensions</quote>
 124   in this sense, but are loaded into the server in some other way, for instance
 125   by way of
 126   <xref linkend="guc-shared-preload-libraries"/>.  See the documentation of each
 127   component for details.
 128  </para>
 129
 130  &amcheck;
 131  &auth-delay;
 132  &auto-explain;
 133  &basebackup-to-shell;
 134  &basic-archive;
 135  &bloom;
 136  &btree-gin;
 137  &btree-gist;
 138  &citext;
 139  &cube;
 140  &dblink;
 141  &dict-int;
 142  &dict-xsyn;
 143  &earthdistance;
 144  &file-fdw;
 145  &fuzzystrmatch;
 146  &hstore;
 147  &intagg;
 148  &intarray;
 149  &isn;
 150  &lo;
 151  &ltree;
 152  &pageinspect;
 153  &passwordcheck;
 154  &pgbuffercache;
 155  &pgcrypto;
 156  &pgfreespacemap;
 157  &pgprewarm;
 158  &pgrowlocks;
 159  &pgstatstatements;
 160  &pgstattuple;
 161  &pgsurgery;
 162  &pgtrgm;
 163  &pgvisibility;
 164  &pgwalinspect;
 165  &postgres-fdw;
 166  &seg;
 167  &sepgsql;
 168  &contrib-spi;
 169  &sslinfo;
 170  &tablefunc;
 171  &tcn;
 172  &test-decoding;
 173  &tsm-system-rows;
 174  &tsm-system-time;
 175  &unaccent;
 176  &uuid-ossp;
 177  &xml2;
 178
 179 </appendix>
 180
 181 <!--
 182 These are two separate appendixes because it is difficult to mix regular
 183 sections (for extensions) and refentries (for programs) in one chapter or
 184 appendix.  And we do want the programs as refentries so that we can produce man
 185 pages.
 186 -->
 187
 188 <appendix id="contrib-prog">
 189  <title>Additional Supplied Programs</title>
 190
 191  <para>
 192   This appendix and the previous one contain information regarding the modules that
 193   can be found in the <literal>contrib</literal> directory of the
 194   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> distribution.  See <xref linkend="contrib"/> for
 195   more information about the <literal>contrib</literal> section in general and
 196   server extensions and plug-ins found in <literal>contrib</literal>
 197   specifically.
 198  </para>
 199
 200  <para>
 201   This appendix covers utility programs found in <literal>contrib</literal>.
 202   Once installed, either from source or a packaging system, they are found in
 203   the <filename>bin</filename> directory of the
 204   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> installation and can be used like any
 205   other program.
 206  </para>
 207
 208  <sect1 id="contrib-prog-client">
 209   <title>Client Applications</title>
 210
 211   <para>
 212    This section covers <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> client
 213    applications in <literal>contrib</literal>.  They can be run from anywhere,
 214    independent of where the database server resides.  See
 215    also <xref linkend="reference-client"/> for information about client
 216    applications that are part of the core <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
 217    distribution.
 218   </para>
 219
 220  &oid2name;
 221  &vacuumlo;
 222  </sect1>
 223
 224  <sect1 id="contrib-prog-server">
 225   <title>Server Applications</title>
 226
 227   <para>
 228    Some applications run on the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server
 229    itself.  Currently, no such applications are included in the
 230    <literal>contrib</literal> directory.  See also <xref
 231    linkend="reference-server"/> for information about server applications that
 232    are part of the core <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> distribution.
 233   </para>
 234
 235  </sect1>
 236 </appendix>