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📛 NAME

LOAD - load a shared library file

🚀 Quick Reference

📋 SYNOPSIS

LOAD 'filename'

📖 DESCRIPTION

This command loads a shared library file into the PostgreSQL server's address space. If the file has been loaded already, the command does nothing. Shared library files that contain C functions are automatically loaded whenever one of their functions is called. Therefore, an explicit LOAD is usually only needed to load a library that modifies the server's behavior through "hooks" rather than providing a set of functions.

The library file name is typically given as:

• 📄 A bare file name, which is sought in the server's library search path (set by dynamic_library_path)
• 📂 A full path name

In either case, the platform's standard shared library file name extension may be omitted. See Section 38.10.1 for more information on this topic.

🔒 Non-superusers can only apply LOAD to library files located in $libdir/plugins/ — the specified filename must begin with exactly that string. (It is the database administrator's responsibility to ensure that only "safe" libraries are installed there.)

✅ COMPATIBILITY

LOAD is a PostgreSQL extension.

🔗 SEE ALSO

CREATE FUNCTION