pg_background

Overview

MIXED 3rd Party Extension: pg_background : Run SQL queries in the background

Information

• Extension ID: 1100
• Extension Name: pg_background
• Package Name: pg_background
• Category: TIME
• License: GPLv3
• Website: https://github.com/vibhorkum/pg_background
• Language: C
• Extra Tags: N/A
• Comment: N/A

Metadata

• Latest Version: 1.3
• Postgres Support: 17,16,15,14,13
• Need Load: Shared library do not need explicit loading
• Need DDL: Need CREATE EXTENSION DDL
• Relocatable: Can not install to arbitrary schema
• Trusted: Untrusted, Require Superuser to Create
• Schemas: N/A
• Requires: N/A

RPM / DEB

• RPM Repo: PGDG
• RPM Name: pg_background_$v*
• RPM Ver : 1.3
• RPM Deps: N/A
• DEB Repo: PIGSTY
• DEB Name: postgresql-$v-pg-background
• DEB Ver : 1.3
• DEB Deps: N/A

Availability

Installation

Install pg_background via the pig CLI tool:

pig ext install pg_background

Install pg_background via Pigsty playbook:

./pgsql.yml -t pg_extension -e '{"pg_extensions": ["pg_background"]}' # -l <cls>

Install pg_background RPM from YUM repo directly:

dnf install pg_background_17*;
dnf install pg_background_16*;
dnf install pg_background_15*;
dnf install pg_background_14*;
dnf install pg_background_13*;

Install pg_background DEB from APT repo directly:

apt install postgresql-17-pg-background;
apt install postgresql-16-pg-background;
apt install postgresql-15-pg-background;
apt install postgresql-14-pg-background;
apt install postgresql-13-pg-background;

Create pg_background extension on PostgreSQL cluster:

CREATE EXTENSION pg_background;