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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml index fca434096bc..64237b09f5a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml,v 1.25 2008/11/14 10:22:47 petere Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml,v 1.26 2009/09/03 22:11:07 tgl Exp $ --> <refentry id="SQL-LOAD"> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml,v 1.25 2008/11/14 10:22:47 petere <refnamediv> <refname>LOAD</refname> - <refpurpose>load or reload a shared library file</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>load a shared library file</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <indexterm zone="sql-load"> @@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ LOAD '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">filename</replaceable>' <para> This command loads a shared library file into the <productname>PostgreSQL</> - server'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 - server first loaded it. To make use of the shared library, - function(s) in it need to be declared using the <xref - linkend="sql-createfunction" endterm="sql-createfunction-title"> - command. + 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 <command>LOAD</> is usually only needed to + load a library that modifies the server's behavior through <quote>hooks</> + rather than providing a set of functions. </para> <para> |