droplang
droplang — remove aPostgres Pro procedural language
Synopsis
droplang
[connection-option
...]langname
[dbname
]
droplang
[connection-option
...]--list
|-l
[dbname
]
Description
droplang is a utility for removing an existing procedural language from aPostgres Pro database.
droplang is just a wrapper around theDROP EXTENSION SQL command.
Caution
droplang is deprecated and may be removed in a futurePostgres Pro release. Direct use of theDROP EXTENSION
command is recommended instead.
Options
droplang accepts the following command line arguments:
langname
Specifies the name of the procedural language to be removed. (This name is lower-cased.)
[-d]
dbname
[--dbname=]
dbname
Specifies from which database the language should be removed. The default is to use the database with the same name as the current system user.
-e
--echo
Display SQL commands as they are executed.
-l
--list
Show a list of already installed languages in the target database.
-V
--version
Print thedroplang version and exit.
-?
--help
Show help aboutdroplang command line arguments, and exit.
droplang also accepts the following command line arguments for connection parameters:
-h
host
--host=
host
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
-p
port
--port=
port
Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections.
-U
username
--username=
username
User name to connect as.
-w
--no-password
Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires password authentication and a password is not available by other means such as a
.pgpass
file, the connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a password.-W
--password
Forcedroplang to prompt for a password before connecting to a database.
This option is never essential, sincedroplang will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands password authentication. However,droplang will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password. In some cases it is worth typing
-W
to avoid the extra connection attempt.
Environment
PGDATABASE
PGHOST
PGPORT
PGUSER
Default connection parameters
This utility, like most otherPostgres Pro utilities, also uses the environment variables supported bylibpq (seeSection 30.14).
Diagnostics
Most error messages are self-explanatory. If not, rundroplang with the--echo
option and see under the respectiveSQL command for details. Also, any default connection settings and environment variables used by thelibpq front-end library will apply.
Notes
Usecreatelang to add a language.
Examples
To remove the languagepltcl
:
$
droplang pltcl dbname