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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: lua
excerpt: |
  DuckDB Community Extensions
  Evaluate Lua scripts within queries

extension:
  name: lua
  description: Evaluate Lua scripts within queries
  version: 1.5.6
  language: C++
  build: cmake
  license: MIT
  requires_toolchains: "python3"
  vcpkg_commit: cd61e1e26a038e82d6550a3ebbe0fbbfe7da78e3
  maintainers:
    - isaacbrodsky

repo:
  github: isaacbrodsky/duckdb-lua
  ref: f630ad32898fd1c67a155dc3b061f7d83a57f3b2

docs:
  hello_world: |
    SELECT lua('return "Hello " .. context', 'World');
  extended_description: |
    Adds support for the Lua embedded scripting language to DuckDB.

extension_star_count: 14
extension_star_count_pretty: 14
extension_download_count: 29425
extension_download_count_pretty: 29.4k
image: '/images/community_extensions/social_preview/preview_community_extension_lua.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 |
|---------------|---------------|-------------|---------|----------|
| lua           | scalar        | NULL        | NULL    |          |
| lua_json      | 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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|      name      |                       description                       | input_type | scope  | aliases | typed_value |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------|---------|-------------|
| temp_directory | Set the directory to which temporary files are written. | VARCHAR    | GLOBAL | []      | post.db.tmp |