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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml,v 1.25 2008/11/14 10:22:47 petere Exp $
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<refentry id="SQL-LOAD">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="SQL-LOAD-TITLE">LOAD</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>LOAD</refname>
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<refpurpose>load or reload a shared library file</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<indexterm zone="sql-load">
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<primary>LOAD</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<synopsis>
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LOAD '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">filename</replaceable>'
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</synopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="sql-load-description">
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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This command loads a shared library file into the <productname>PostgreSQL</>
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server's address space. If the file had been loaded previously,
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it is first unloaded. This command is primarily useful to unload
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and reload a shared library file that has been changed since the
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server first loaded it. To make use of the shared library,
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function(s) in it need to be declared using the <xref
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linkend="sql-createfunction" endterm="sql-createfunction-title">
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command.
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</para>
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<para>
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The file name is specified in the same way as for shared library
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names in <xref linkend="sql-createfunction" endterm="sql-createfunction-title">; in particular, one
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can rely on a search path and automatic addition of the system's standard
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shared library file name extension. See <xref linkend="xfunc-c"> for
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more information on this topic.
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</para>
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<indexterm>
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<primary><filename>$libdir/plugins</></primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>
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Non-superusers can only apply <command>LOAD</> to library files
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located in <filename>$libdir/plugins/</> — the specified
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<replaceable class="PARAMETER">filename</replaceable> must begin
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with exactly that string. (It is the database administrator's
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responsibility to ensure that only <quote>safe</> libraries
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are installed there.)
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 id="sql-load-compat">
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<title>Compatibility</title>
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<para>
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<command>LOAD</command> is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
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extension.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para>
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<xref linkend="sql-createfunction" endterm="sql-createfunction-title">
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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