PostgreSQL 9.1:: New in Object Manipulation
In Series of writing Blog on New features in PostgreSQL 9.1, I thought to write and give example on Object Manipulation Changes in 9.1. Let see what we have in Object Manipulation Features in 9.1 1. CREATE/ALTER/DROP EXTENSIONS PostgreSQL 9.1 has different way of managing Contrib Modules. User can now install Contrib Module using Command as given below: psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto;" postgres CREATE EXTENSION If user wants to keep its contrib/Extension module in some other schema then user can try ALTER Command as given below: postgres=# CREATE schema contrib_modules; CREATE SCHEMA postgres=# alter extension pgcrypto set schema contrib_modules; ALTER EXTENSION Simlarly, ALTER EXTENSION has many options, some options are given below: Description: change the definition of an extension Syntax: ALTER EXTENSION extension_name UPDATE [ TO new_version ] ALTER EXTENSION extension_name SET SCHEMA new_schema ALTER EXTENSION extension_name ADD member_object ALTER EXTENSION ...