Re:

[Ron St-Pierre <ron(dot)pgsql(at)shaw(dot)ca>]

carter ck wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was trying to create function in postgres, but it returns error mentioning the language is NOT defined.
>
> The function is as following:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_word_count(TEXT, TEXT) RETURNS INTEGER AS $$
> DECLARE
>  d_word ALIAS FOR $1;
>  d_phrase ALIAS FOR $2;
> BEGIN
>  IF d_word IS NULL OR d_phrase IS NULL THEN RETURN 0;
>
>  RETURN 1;
>
> END;
>
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> ERROR:  language "plpgsql" does not exist
> HINT:  Use CREATE LANGUAGE to load the language into the database.
>
> I was wonderring why it is not included by default? Or have I missed out something in the configuration!
>
>   
According to the documentation, you have to explicitly create the
language in order to register the language with the database:

CREATE LANGUAGE plpgsql;


Assuming everything else is set up properly, this will allow you to use
the plpgsql language.

Ron