On 2013-12-02 11:07:28 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> >Perhaps I'm missing something- but we already *have* a catalog
> >representation for every extension that's ever installed into a given
> >database.  A representation that's a heck of a lot better than a big
> >text blob.
> 
> Right. I think Jeff was thinking of a catalog representation for extensions
> that haven't been installed yet, but are available in the system and could
> be installed with CREATE EXTENSION foo. I wouldn't mind having a catalog
> like that. Even without any of this extension template stuff, it would be
> handy to have a view that lists all the extensions available in the
> filesystem.

Luckily that's already there: SELECT * FROM pg_available_extensions;

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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