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warning: DO NOT CHANGE THIS MANUALLY, THIS IS GENERATED BY https://github.com/duckdb/community-extensions repository, check README there
title: chaos
excerpt: |
  DuckDB Community Extensions
  Creates chaos! ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Chaos allows you to throw any type of DuckDB exception, or to raise a SIGSEGV, SIGABRT, or SIGBUS signal.

extension:
  name: chaos
  description: Creates chaos! ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Chaos allows you to throw any type of DuckDB exception, or to raise a SIGSEGV, SIGABRT, or SIGBUS signal.
  version: 0.0.1
  language: C++
  build: cmake
  license: MIT
  maintainers:
    - taniabogatsch
repo:
  github: taniabogatsch/duckdb-chaos
  andium: 46ef95bf98ef008078c1cf753fa3d78e418b1456
  ref: f076132edafe0a2b150d34af3ad0743bfb937c9f

docs:
  hello_world: |
    -- Throw exceptions!
    SELECT chaos_exception('hello', 'CATALOG');
    SELECT chaos_exception('hello', 'INTERNAL');
    SELECT chaos_exception('hello', 'FATAL');

    -- Raise signals!
    SELECT chaos_signal('SIGSEGV');
    SELECT chaos_signal('SIGABRT');
    SELECT chaos_signal('SIGBUS');

  extended_description: |
    Creates chaos! ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Chaos allows you to throw any type of DuckDB exception, or to raise a SIGSEGV, SIGABRT, or SIGBUS signal.
    Signals do not work on Windows.



extension_star_count: 2
extension_star_count_pretty: 2
extension_download_count: 964
extension_download_count_pretty: 964
image: '/images/community_extensions/social_preview/preview_community_extension_chaos.png'
layout: community_extension_doc
---
### Compatibility Matrix

This table covers all DuckDB releases that have not reached [end-of-life](https://duckdb.org/release_calendar), including LTS releases, and shows the 2 most recent patch releases of each. Older patch releases are not listed, but the extension may be available for them as well.

<div class="extension_compatibility_table"></div>

| Platform | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 2.0.0 |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| Linux AMD64 | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Linux ARM64 | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| macOS AMD64 | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| macOS ARM64 | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Windows AMD64 | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
| Windows ARM64 | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| WebAssembly | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |

### Installing and Loading
```sql
INSTALL {{ page.extension.name }} FROM community;
LOAD {{ page.extension.name }};
```

{% if page.docs.hello_world %}
### Example
```sql
{{ page.docs.hello_world }}```
{% endif %}

{% if page.docs.extended_description %}
### About {{ page.extension.name }}
{{ page.docs.extended_description }}
{% endif %}
### Added Functions

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|  function_name  | function_type | description | comment | examples |
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|---------|----------|
| chaos_exception | scalar        | NULL        | NULL    |          |
| chaos_signal    | scalar        | NULL        | NULL    |          |

### Overloaded Functions

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This extension does not add any function overloads.

### Added Types

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This extension does not add any types.

### Added Settings

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This extension does not add any settings.