Re: improve CREATE EXTENSION error message

On 11/29/21, 1:38 PM, "Chapman Flack" <chap@anastigmatix.net> wrote:
> On 11/29/21 16:31, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> That's a good point, the hint is targeting users who might not even know that
>> an extension needs to be physically and separately installed on the machine
>> before it can be installed in their database; so maybe using "installed" here
>> isn't entirely helpful at all.  That being said I'm at a loss for a more
>> suitable word, "available" perhaps?
>
> Maybe a larger break with the "This means the extension something something"
> formulation, and more on the lines of
>
> HINT:  an extension must first be present (for example, installed with a
>  package manager) on the system where PostgreSQL is running.

I like this idea.  I can do it this way in the next revision if others
agree.

Nathan