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The PL/Python procedural language allows PostgreSQL functions and procedures to be written in the Python language.
To install PL/Python in a particular database, use
CREATE EXTENSION plpythonu (but
see also Section 47.1).
If a language is installed into template1, all subsequently
created databases will have the language installed automatically.
PL/Python is only available as an “untrusted” language, meaning
it does not offer any way of restricting what users can do in it and
is therefore named plpythonu. A trusted
variant plpython might become available in the future
if a secure execution mechanism is developed in Python. The
writer of a function in untrusted PL/Python must take care that the
function cannot be used to do anything unwanted, since it will be
able to do anything that could be done by a user logged in as the
database administrator. Only superusers can create functions in
untrusted languages such as plpythonu.
Users of source packages must specially enable the build of PL/Python during the installation process. (Refer to the installation instructions for more information.) Users of binary packages might find PL/Python in a separate subpackage.