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# 42.18. `pg_language`

The catalog `pg_language` registers call interfaces or languages in which you can write functions or stored procedures. See under `CREATE LANGUAGE` and in Chapter 35 for more information about language handlers.

Table 42-18. `pg_language` Columns

Name | Type | References | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`lanname` | `name` |  | Name of the language (to be specified when creating a function)
`lanispl` | `bool` |  | This is false for internal languages (such as SQL) and true for user-defined languages. Currently, pg_dump still uses this to determine which languages need to be dumped, but this may be replaced by a different mechanism sometime.
`lanpltrusted` | `bool` |  | This is a trusted language. See under `CREATE LANGUAGE` what this means. If this is an internal language (`lanispl` is false) then this column is meaningless.
`lanplcallfoid` | `oid` | ``pg_proc`.oid` | For noninternal languages this references the language handler, which is a special function that is responsible for executing all functions that are written in the particular language.
`lanvalidator` | `oid` | ``pg_proc`.oid` | This references a language validator function that is responsible for checking the syntax and validity of new functions when they are created. See under `CREATE LANGUAGE` for further information about validators.
`lanacl` | `aclitem[]` |  | Access privileges

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