On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 11:48 AM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> wrote:
>
> On Thu, February 21, 2013 12:38, James B. Byrne wrote:
>> I am trying, without success, to create a PG-9.2 database without
>> including the plpgsql extension. I have tried specifying template0
>> and the database is nonetheless created with plpgsql. I have deleted
>> plpgsql from template1 and the new database is nonetheless created
>> with plpgsql.
>>
>> I desire to remove plpgsql from newly created databases because the
>> dump that is generated by pgdump contains this line:
>>
>> CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS plpgsql WITH SCHEMA pg_catalog;
>>
>
> Wrong line. This is the line
>
> COMMENT ON EXTENSION plpgsql IS 'PL/pgSQL procedural language';
>
> And yes, I went through this a year ago with PG-9.1 and resolved it
> once by switching to template0 in the connection configuration. Now it
> is back with PG-9.2. using the exact same configuration code because
> evidently plpgsql is added regardless.
curious why you want to do this. there was actually some debate back
in the day about pros/cons of having pl/pgsql be a built-in feature,
which as you can see is where things are going.
if you don't mind surgery with a shotgun, you can simply drop the
extension after the load resolves.
merlin