Obviously, I am missing something important here. The database in question is created thusly: CREATE DATABASE test WITH OWNER = devl ENCODING = 'UTF8' TABLESPACE = pg_default LC_COLLATE = 'en_US.UTF-8' LC_CTYPE = 'en_US.UTF-8' CONNECTION LIMIT = -1; The manual says this: Loading an extension requires the same privileges that would be required to create its component objects. For most extensions this means superuser or database owner privileges are needed. The user who runs CREATE EXTENSION becomes the owner of the extension for purposes of later privilege checks, as well as the owner of any objects created by the extension's script. However, looking at the extension properties shows this: -- Extension: plpgsql -- DROP EXTENSION plpgsql; CREATE EXTENSION plpgsql SCHEMA pg_catalog VERSION "1.0"; ALTER EXTENSION plpgsql OWNER TO postgres; So, why is the plpgsql extension in test owned by postgres and not by devl to begin with? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general