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- What is an extension?
An extension is a collection of related database objects that can be installed, upgraded, or removed as a single unit. See the Introducing extensions section for more details.
- What is the
pgxnclient
command?pgxnclient
is a command that eases the usage of the PGXN by downloading, installing, and removing extensions. See the Exploring the PGXN client section for more details.
- What is an extension control file?
A control file is a text file that defines the main properties of an extension, like the name, the version, and the other dependencies. See the Extension components section for more details.
- How can you inspect which extensions have been created in a database?
The special
pg_extension
catalog provides information about installed extensions; inpsql
, the special\dx
command shows a summary of installed extensions. See the Viewing installed extensions section...