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CREATE EXTENSION

Synopsis

Use the CREATE EXTENSION statement to load an extension into a database.

Syntax

Grammar
Diagram

create_extension ::= CREATE EXTENSION [ IF NOT EXISTS ] extension_name 
                     [ WITH ] [ SCHEMA schema_name ] 
                     [ VERSION version ] [ CASCADE ]

create_extension

Semantics

SCHEMA, VERSION, and CASCADE may be reordered.

Examples

CREATE SCHEMA myschema;
CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto WITH SCHEMA myschema VERSION '1.3';

CREATE EXTENSION

CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS earthdistance CASCADE;

NOTICE:  installing required extension "cube"
CREATE EXTENSION

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