@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ and missing syntax gets added on demand — [open an issue](https://github.com/J
 | **PostgreSQL maintenance** | `VACUUM` · `ANALYZE` · `CLUSTER` · `CHECKPOINT` |
 | **MySQL locks** | `LOCK TABLES` · `UNLOCK TABLES` · `LOCK INSTANCE FOR BACKUP` · `UNLOCK INSTANCE` |
 | **MySQL resource groups** | `CREATE`/`ALTER`/`DROP RESOURCE GROUP` · `SET RESOURCE GROUP` |
+| **MySQL loadable functions** | `CREATE [AGGREGATE] FUNCTION … RETURNS … SONAME` |
 | **PostgreSQL session statements** | `DISCARD` · `LISTEN` · `UNLISTEN` · `SHOW`/`RESET TIME ZONE`/`TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL`/`SESSION AUTHORIZATION` · `COPY` options from before 9.0 |
 | **MySQL server administration** | `FLUSH` · `KILL` · `RESET PERSIST` · `HANDLER … OPEN`/`READ`/`CLOSE` |
 | **MySQL account management** | `CREATE`/`ALTER`/`RENAME USER` · `CREATE ROLE` · `SET ROLE` · `SET DEFAULT ROLE` · `SET PASSWORD` |
 
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ public String getKind() {
         return kind;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the keywords that name the kind in the statement, which may carry a modifier of
+     *         {@link #getKind()}
+     */
+    protected String getKindKeywords() {
+        return kind;
+    }
+
     public void setOrReplace(boolean orReplace) {
         this.orReplace = orReplace;
     }
@@ -156,7 +164,7 @@ public String formatDeclaration() {
 
     private StringBuilder appendDeclarationTo(StringBuilder builder,
             Consumer<TableElement> printer) {
-        appendTokens(builder, functionDeclarationParts);
+        appendTokens(builder, getFunctionDeclarationParts());
         if (returnType != null) {
             builder.append(' ');
             returnType.appendTo(builder, printer);
@@ -188,7 +196,7 @@ public StringBuilder appendTo(StringBuilder builder, Consumer<TableElement> prin
         if (definer != null) {
             builder.append("DEFINER = ").append(definer).append(' ');
         }
-        builder.append(kind).append(' ');
+        builder.append(getKindKeywords()).append(' ');
         return appendDeclarationTo(builder, printer);
     }
 
 
@@ -11,18 +11,21 @@
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.table.TableOption;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.table.ConstraintKind;
 
 /**
  * Internal subclass for table-level option operations within ALTER TABLE. Handles ENGINE,
  * ALGORITHM, LOCK, KEY_BLOCK_SIZE, COMMENT, ENCRYPTION, AUTO_INCREMENT (SET_TABLE_OPTION),
- * DISCARD/IMPORT TABLESPACE, DISABLE/ENABLE KEYS.
+ * DISCARD/IMPORT TABLESPACE, DISABLE/ENABLE KEYS, and MySQL's {@code WITH | WITHOUT VALIDATION}
+ * modifier (VALIDATION).
  */
 public class AlterExpressionTableOption extends AlterExpression {
 
     private TableOption structuredTableOption;
+    private AlterExpressionPartition.ExchangeValidationMode validationMode;
 
     public TableOption getStructuredTableOption() {
         return structuredTableOption;
@@ -36,6 +39,28 @@ public void setStructuredTableOption(TableOption option) {
         super.setUseEqual(false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the mode of MySQL's {@code WITH | WITHOUT VALIDATION} modifier, which applies to the
+     *         whole statement, or {@code null} for any other action. The mode written after
+     *         {@code EXCHANGE PARTITION ... WITH TABLE} belongs to that action instead.
+     */
+    public AlterExpressionPartition.ExchangeValidationMode getValidationMode() {
+        return getOperation() == AlterOperation.VALIDATION ? validationMode : null;
+    }
+
+    /** Makes this action the {@code WITH | WITHOUT VALIDATION} modifier. */
+    public void setValidationMode(AlterExpressionPartition.ExchangeValidationMode validationMode) {
+        this.validationMode = Objects.requireNonNull(validationMode, "validationMode");
+        structuredTableOption = null;
+        setOperation(AlterOperation.VALIDATION);
+    }
+
+    public AlterExpressionTableOption withValidationMode(
+            AlterExpressionPartition.ExchangeValidationMode validationMode) {
+        setValidationMode(validationMode);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public List<ColumnIdentityAction> getColumnIdentityActions() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
@@ -164,6 +189,9 @@ protected void appendBody(StringBuilder b) {
             return;
         }
         switch (getOperation()) {
+            case VALIDATION:
+                b.append(validationMode).append(" VALIDATION");
+                break;
             case SET_TABLE_OPTION:
                 b.append(getTableOption());
                 break;
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 public enum AlterOperation {
-    ADD, ALTER, DROP, DROP_PRIMARY_KEY, DROP_UNIQUE, DROP_FOREIGN_KEY, DROP_CHECK, MODIFY, CHANGE, CONVERT, COLLATE, ALGORITHM, RENAME, RENAME_TABLE, RENAME_INDEX, RENAME_KEY, RENAME_CONSTRAINT, COMMENT, COMMENT_WITH_EQUAL_SIGN, UNSPECIFIC, ADD_PARTITION, DROP_PARTITION, ATTACH_PARTITION, DETACH_PARTITION, DISCARD_PARTITION, IMPORT_PARTITION, TRUNCATE_PARTITION, COALESCE_PARTITION, REORGANIZE_PARTITION, EXCHANGE_PARTITION, ANALYZE_PARTITION, CHECK_PARTITION, OPTIMIZE_PARTITION, REBUILD_PARTITION, REPAIR_PARTITION, REMOVE_PARTITIONING, PARTITION_BY, SET_TABLE_OPTION, ENGINE, FORCE, KEY_BLOCK_SIZE, LOCK, DISCARD_TABLESPACE, IMPORT_TABLESPACE, DISABLE_KEYS, ENABLE_KEYS, ENABLE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, DISABLE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, FORCE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, NO_FORCE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, ALTER_PRIMARY_KEY, ALTER_RELATION, ORDER_BY, FOREIGN_OPTIONS;
+    ADD, ALTER, DROP, DROP_PRIMARY_KEY, DROP_UNIQUE, DROP_FOREIGN_KEY, DROP_CHECK, MODIFY, CHANGE, CONVERT, COLLATE, ALGORITHM, RENAME, RENAME_TABLE, RENAME_INDEX, RENAME_KEY, RENAME_CONSTRAINT, COMMENT, COMMENT_WITH_EQUAL_SIGN, UNSPECIFIC, ADD_PARTITION, DROP_PARTITION, ATTACH_PARTITION, DETACH_PARTITION, DISCARD_PARTITION, IMPORT_PARTITION, TRUNCATE_PARTITION, COALESCE_PARTITION, REORGANIZE_PARTITION, EXCHANGE_PARTITION, ANALYZE_PARTITION, CHECK_PARTITION, OPTIMIZE_PARTITION, REBUILD_PARTITION, REPAIR_PARTITION, REMOVE_PARTITIONING, PARTITION_BY, SET_TABLE_OPTION, ENGINE, FORCE, KEY_BLOCK_SIZE, LOCK, DISCARD_TABLESPACE, IMPORT_TABLESPACE, DISABLE_KEYS, ENABLE_KEYS, ENABLE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, DISABLE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, FORCE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, NO_FORCE_ROW_LEVEL_SECURITY, ALTER_PRIMARY_KEY, ALTER_RELATION, ORDER_BY, FOREIGN_OPTIONS, VALIDATION;
 
     public static AlterOperation from(String operation) {
         return Enum.valueOf(AlterOperation.class, operation.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
 
@@ -10,15 +10,22 @@
 package net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.function;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.CreateFunctionalStatement;
+import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.RoutineCharacteristic;
 
 /**
- * A {@code CREATE PROCEDURE} statement
+ * A {@code CREATE FUNCTION} statement. A MySQL loadable function
+ * ({@code CREATE [AGGREGATE] FUNCTION name RETURNS type SONAME 'library'}) is held as a
+ * {@link LoadableFunction}, which then is the source of the declaration parts.
  */
 public class CreateFunction extends CreateFunctionalStatement {
 
+    private boolean aggregate;
+    private LoadableFunction loadableFunction;
+
     public CreateFunction() {
         super("FUNCTION");
     }
@@ -31,6 +38,71 @@ public CreateFunction(boolean orReplace, List<String> functionDeclarationParts)
         super(orReplace, "FUNCTION", functionDeclarationParts);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return whether the function is declared with {@code AGGREGATE}, as a MySQL loadable
+     *         aggregate function is
+     */
+    public boolean isAggregate() {
+        return aggregate;
+    }
+
+    public void setAggregate(boolean aggregate) {
+        this.aggregate = aggregate;
+    }
+
+    public CreateFunction withAggregate(boolean aggregate) {
+        setAggregate(aggregate);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the definition of a MySQL loadable function, or {@code null} for any other function
+     */
+    public LoadableFunction getLoadableFunction() {
+        return loadableFunction;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Makes this statement a MySQL loadable function. The definition replaces the declaration parts
+     * and the characteristics; {@link #getFunctionDeclarationParts()} is derived from it.
+     *
+     * @param loadableFunction the definition, or {@code null} to remove it
+     */
+    public void setLoadableFunction(LoadableFunction loadableFunction) {
+        if (loadableFunction != null) {
+            super.setFunctionDeclarationParts(null, Collections.emptyList());
+        }
+        this.loadableFunction = loadableFunction;
+    }
+
+    public CreateFunction withLoadableFunction(LoadableFunction loadableFunction) {
+        setLoadableFunction(loadableFunction);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getKindKeywords() {
+        return aggregate ? "AGGREGATE " + getKind() : getKind();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the declaration parts; for a loadable function, a snapshot of
+     *         {@link #getLoadableFunction()}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public List<String> getFunctionDeclarationParts() {
+        return loadableFunction != null ? loadableFunction.toDeclarationParts()
+                : super.getFunctionDeclarationParts();
+    }
+
+    /** Replaces the declaration parts, which also removes a loadable function definition. */
+    @Override
+    public void setFunctionDeclarationParts(List<String> functionDeclarationParts,
+            List<RoutineCharacteristic> characteristics) {
+        loadableFunction = null;
+        super.setFunctionDeclarationParts(functionDeclarationParts, characteristics);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public CreateFunction withFunctionDeclarationParts(List<String> functionDeclarationParts) {
         return (CreateFunction) super.withFunctionDeclarationParts(functionDeclarationParts);
 
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/*-
+ * #%L
+ * JSQLParser library
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2026 JSQLParser
+ * %%
+ * Dual licensed under GNU LGPL 2.1 or Apache License 2.0
+ * #L%
+ */
+package net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.function;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import net.sf.jsqlparser.expression.StringValue;
+
+/**
+ * The definition of a MySQL loadable function:
+ * {@code [IF NOT EXISTS] name RETURNS {STRING | INTEGER | REAL | DECIMAL} SONAME 'library'}.
+ */
+public class LoadableFunction implements Serializable {
+
+    /** The result type of a loadable function. */
+    public enum ReturnType {
+        STRING, INTEGER, REAL, DECIMAL;
+
+        /**
+         * @param keyword a type keyword as MySQL spells it, including the synonyms {@code INT},
+         *        {@code INT4} and {@code DEC}
+         * @return the result type, or {@code null} if the keyword names none
+         */
+        public static ReturnType from(String keyword) {
+            switch (keyword.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)) {
+                case "STRING":
+                    return STRING;
+                case "INT":
+                case "INT4":
+                case "INTEGER":
+                    return INTEGER;
+                case "REAL":
+                    return REAL;
+                case "DEC":
+                case "DECIMAL":
+                    return DECIMAL;
+                default:
+                    return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean ifNotExists;
+    private String name;
+    private String returnTypeKeyword;
+    private StringValue library;
+
+    public LoadableFunction() {
+        // filled by the setters
+    }
+
+    public LoadableFunction(String name, ReturnType returnType, String library) {
+        setName(name);
+        setReturnType(returnType);
+        setLibrary(new StringValue(library));
+    }
+
+    public boolean isIfNotExists() {
+        return ifNotExists;
+    }
+
+    public void setIfNotExists(boolean ifNotExists) {
+        this.ifNotExists = ifNotExists;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public ReturnType getReturnType() {
+        return returnTypeKeyword == null ? null : ReturnType.from(returnTypeKeyword);
+    }
+
+    public void setReturnType(ReturnType returnType) {
+        returnTypeKeyword = Objects.requireNonNull(returnType, "returnType").name();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the result type as written, which may be one of the synonyms {@code INT},
+     *         {@code INT4} and {@code DEC}
+     */
+    public String getReturnTypeKeyword() {
+        return returnTypeKeyword;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param keyword a keyword that {@link ReturnType#from(String)} resolves
+     */
+    public void setReturnTypeKeyword(String keyword) {
+        if (ReturnType.from(keyword) == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "A loadable function returns STRING, INTEGER, REAL or DECIMAL, not " + keyword);
+        }
+        returnTypeKeyword = keyword;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the shared library file named by {@code SONAME}
+     */
+    public StringValue getLibrary() {
+        return library;
+    }
+
+    public void setLibrary(StringValue library) {
+        this.library = library;
+    }
+
+    public LoadableFunction withIfNotExists(boolean ifNotExists) {
+        setIfNotExists(ifNotExists);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the definition as the declaration parts of the CREATE FUNCTION statement
+     */
+    public List<String> toDeclarationParts() {
+        List<String> parts = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (ifNotExists) {
+            parts.add("IF");
+            parts.add("NOT");
+            parts.add("EXISTS");
+        }
+        parts.add(name);
+        parts.add("RETURNS");
+        parts.add(returnTypeKeyword);
+        parts.add("SONAME");
+        parts.add(String.valueOf(library));
+        return parts;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.join(" ", toDeclarationParts());
+    }
+}
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.extension.CreateExtension;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.extension.CreateExtensionRepository;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.fdw.CreateForeignDataWrapper;
+import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.function.CreateFunction;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.index.CreateIndex;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.macro.CreateMacro;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.policy.CreatePolicy;
@@ -2611,7 +2612,11 @@ public void visit(AlterSequence alterSequence) {
 
     @Override
     public <S> Void visit(CreateFunctionalStatement createFunctionalStatement, S context) {
-        throwUnsupported(createFunctionalStatement);
+        // a MySQL loadable function names a shared library and no table
+        if (!(createFunctionalStatement instanceof CreateFunction)
+                || ((CreateFunction) createFunctionalStatement).getLoadableFunction() == null) {
+            throwUnsupported(createFunctionalStatement);
+        }
         return null;
     }