postgres sql cheat sheet

postgres sql cheat sheet

sudo service postgresql restart 
sudo service postgresql status
sudo service postgresql stop 
sudo service postgresql status
sudo crontab -l

tail -f  /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.1-main.log

/etc/services

service --status-all
sudo -u postgres psql


postgres-# \?

  \di[S+] [PATTERN]      list indexes
  \dl                    list large objects, same as \lo_list
  \dL[S+] [PATTERN]      list procedural languages
  \dn[S+] [PATTERN]      list schemas
  \do[S]  [PATTERN]      list operators
  \dO[S+] [PATTERN]      list collations
  \dp     [PATTERN]      list table, view, and sequence access privileges
  \drds [PATRN1 [PATRN2]] list per-database role settings
  \ds[S+] [PATTERN]      list sequences
  \dt[S+] [PATTERN]      list tables
  \dT[S+] [PATTERN]      list data types
  \du[+]  [PATTERN]      list roles
  \dv[S+] [PATTERN]      list views
  \dE[S+] [PATTERN]      list foreign tables
  \dx[+]  [PATTERN]      list extensions
  \l[+]                  list all databases
  \sf[+] FUNCNAME        show a function's definition
  \z      [PATTERN]      same as \dp

Formatting
  \a                     toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode
  \C [STRING]            set table title, or unset if none
  \f [STRING]            show or set field separator for unaligned query output
  \H                     toggle HTML output mode (currently off)
  \pset NAME [VALUE]     set table output option
                         (NAME := {format|border|expanded|fieldsep|footer|null|
                         numericlocale|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})
  \t [on|off]            show only rows (currently off)
  \T [STRING]            set HTML <table> tag attributes, or unset if none
  \x [on|off]            toggle expanded output (currently off)

Connection
  \c[onnect] [DBNAME|- USER|- HOST|- PORT|-]
                         connect to new database (currently "postgres")
  \encoding [ENCODING]   show or set client encoding
  \password [USERNAME]   securely change the password for a user
  \conninfo              display information about current connection

Operating System
  \cd [DIR]              change the current working directory
  \timing [on|off]       toggle timing of commands (currently off)
  \! [COMMAND]           execute command in shell or start interactive shell

Variables
  \prompt [TEXT] NAME    prompt user to set internal variable
  \set [NAME [VALUE]]    set internal variable, or list all if no parameters
  \unset NAME            unset (delete) internal variable

Large Objects
  \lo_export LOBOID FILE
  \lo_import FILE [COMMENT]
  \lo_list
  \lo_unlink LOBOID      large object operations


http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPostgreSQL.html

\l :List databases
\c database-name :List databases
\d :List tables in database
\d table-name :Describe table
select * from table-name :List table contents