Cedric Berger <ced...@precidata.com> writes:
> I'm writing an extention (FDW), and I need, in my C code, the name of
> my database ("contrib_regression_test" for example), and I've two
> questions:

> 1) What is the easiest way to get that directly in C?

The usual locution is "get_database_name(MyDatabaseId)".

> 2) Is there a way to get this information in the SQL extension
> installation/update scripts (like the @/extschema/@ substitution)?

Nope.  Doesn't seem to me like a remarkably good idea to refer to it
in that sort of way anyway.  What would happen if someone renamed
the database after the extension is installed?

                        regards, tom lane


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