plv8

plv8 : PL/JavaScript (v8) trusted procedural language

Overview

IDExtensionPackageVersionCategoryLicenseLanguage
3010
plv8
plv8
3.2.4
LANG
PostgreSQL
C++
AttributeHas BinaryHas LibraryNeed LoadHas DDLRelocatableTrusted
--s-d--
No
Yes
No
Yes
no
no
Relationships
Schemaspg_catalog
See Also
plpgsql
pg_jsonschema
jsquery
plperl
plpython3u
pg_tle
pllua
plluau

Packages

TypeRepoVersionPG Major CompatibilityPackage PatternDependencies
EXT
PIGSTY
3.2.4
18
17
16
15
14
plv8-
RPM
PIGSTY
3.2.4
18
17
16
15
14
plv8_$v-
DEB
PIGSTY
3.2.4
18
17
16
15
14
postgresql-$v-plv8-
Linux / PGPG18PG17PG16PG15PG14
el8.x86_64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
el8.aarch64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
el9.x86_64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
el9.aarch64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
el10.x86_64
MISS
MISS
MISS
MISS
MISS
el10.aarch64
MISS
MISS
MISS
MISS
MISS
d12.x86_64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
d12.aarch64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
d13.x86_64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
d13.aarch64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
u22.x86_64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
u22.aarch64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
u24.x86_64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
u24.aarch64
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4
PIGSTY 3.2.4

Source

pig build pkg plv8;		# build rpm/deb

Install

Make sure PGDG and PIGSTY repo available:

pig repo add pgsql -u   # add both repo and update cache

Install this extension with pig:

pig install plv8;		# install via package name, for the active PG version

pig install plv8 -v 18;   # install for PG 18
pig install plv8 -v 17;   # install for PG 17
pig install plv8 -v 16;   # install for PG 16
pig install plv8 -v 15;   # install for PG 15
pig install plv8 -v 14;   # install for PG 14

Create this extension with:

CREATE EXTENSION plv8;

Usage

CREATE EXTENSION plv8;

SELECT plv8_version();
SELECT plv8_info();

DO $$ plv8.elog(NOTICE, plv8.version); $$ LANGUAGE plv8;

Example:

CREATE FUNCTION plv8_test(keys TEXT[], vals TEXT[]) RETURNS JSON AS $$
    var o = {};
    for(var i=0; i<keys.length; i++){
        o[keys[i]] = vals[i];
    }
    return o;
$$ LANGUAGE plv8 IMMUTABLE STRICT;


SELECT plv8_test(ARRAY['name', 'age'], ARRAY['Tom', '29']);

Build

Plv8 build breaks on EL10 (x86/arm) with the following problems:

  • find g++ problem
  • g++ 14 include <algorithm> problem
  • lto problem, g++14 link time optimization issue
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