Re: When is a shared library unloaded?

"Jon Horsman" <horshaq@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm randomly having issues with my triggers not firing (it turns out
> they are getting removed) and when i turned INFO logs on i saw the
> following

> 2007-08-14 13:41:44.740305500 LOCATION:  _fini, medbevent_init.c:129
> 2007-08-14 13:41:45.790850500 INFO:  00000: medbeventlib -Unloading
> library _fini() is called

> Could someone please explain when a shared library gets
> loaded/unloaded and how this all works?

Are you sure the above doesn't just occur during server process
termination?  AFAIK Postgres never unloads a library, except when you
specifically command it to load an updated version via the LOAD command.
        regards, tom lane