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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_extension.sgml | 6 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml index 672d0df13cf..bc1cd5908f2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/extend.sgml @@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ extension.) Also notice that while a table can be a member of an extension, its subsidiary objects such as indexes are not directly considered members of the extension. + Another important point is that schemas can belong to extensions, but not + vice versa: an extension as such has an unqualified name and does not + exist <quote>within</> any schema. The extension's member objects, + however, will belong to schemas whenever appropriate for their object + types. It may or may not be appropriate for an extension to own the + schema(s) its member objects are within. </para> <sect2> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_extension.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_extension.sgml index 4f3b9a5698a..9c9bf6ff7d7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_extension.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_extension.sgml @@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ CREATE EXTENSION [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">extension_name If not specified, and the extension's control file does not specify a schema either, the current default object creation schema is used. </para> + <para> + Remember that the extension itself is not considered to be within any + schema: extensions have unqualified names that must be unique + database-wide. But objects belonging to the extension can be within + schemas. + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |