also be a shared library file into which the C code
    has been built.  Once you have these files, a simple
    <A
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>CREATE EXTENSION</A
> command loads the objects into
    your database.
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>    The main advantage of using an extension, rather than just running the
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    into your database, is that <SPAN
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> will then
