Hey, I was puzzling over how to make sure a database has plpgsql installed in it in pure SQL. I felt this would simplify the schema's installation process since calling of extra binaries is no longer neccessary. Here's what I came up with: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION make_plpgsql () RETURNS bool AS ' CREATE TRUSTED LANGUAGE "plpgsql" HANDLER "plpgsql_call_handler"; -- SELECT true; -- ' LANGUAGE SQL; SELECT CASE WHEN (SELECT COUNT(oid) > 0 FROM pg_language WHERE lanname = 'plpgsql') THEN true ELSE (SELECT make_plpgsql()) END ; Cheers, Tyler