Re: contrib Makefiles

Yes, you can optionally specify the symbol to find in the *.so file as
part of the CREATE FUNCTION command.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> > I guess my question would be that currently fulltextindex generates SQL like
> > this:
> 
> > create function fti() returns opaque as
> >         '$libdir/fti'
> >         language 'C';
> 
> > So it references the fti.so, but where does it say what function to actually
> > run in fti.so?  Or is it assumed in C functions that the function to call in
> > the shared object is the same as the name of the function???
> 
> That's the assumption unless you specify differently.  Time to reread
> the CREATE FUNCTION man page ...
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 
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