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LOAD(5)


NAME

  LOAD - load or reload a shared library file


SYNOPSIS

  LOAD 'filename'


DESCRIPTION

  Loads a shared library file into the PostgreSQL backend's address space. If
  the file had been loaded previously, it is first unloaded. This command is
  primarily useful to unload and reload a shared library file that has been
  changed since the backend first loaded it. To make use of the shared
  library, function(s) in it need to be declared using the CREATE FUNCTION
  [create_function(5)] command.

  The file name is specified in the same way as for shared library names in
  CREATE FUNCTION [create_function(5)]; in particular, one may rely on a
  search path and automatic addition of the system's standard shared library
  file name extension. See the Programmer's Guide for more detail.


COMPATIBILITY

  LOAD is a PostgreSQL extension.


SEE ALSO

  CREATE FUNCTION [create_function(5)], PostgreSQL Programmer's Guide

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