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NAME
       LOAD - load or reload a shared library file


SYNOPSIS
       LOAD 'filename'


DESCRIPTION
       This  command  loads  a shared library file into the PostgreSQL server's address space. If
       the file had been loaded previously, it is first unloaded. This command is primarily  use-
       ful  to  unload  and  reload  a shared library file that has been changed since the server
       first loaded it. To make use of the shared library, function(s) in it need to be  declared
       using the CREATE FUNCTION [create_function(7)] command.

       The  file name is specified in the same way as for shared library names in CREATE FUNCTION
       [create_function(7)]; in particular, one may rely on a search path and automatic  addition
       of  the system's standard shared library file name extension. See [XRef to XFUNC] for more
       information on this topic.

COMPATIBILITY
       LOAD is a PostgreSQL extension.

SEE ALSO
       CREATE FUNCTION [create_function(7)]



SQL - Language Statements                   2008-01-03                                     LOAD()