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PostgreSQL Cheatsheet

change to postgres user and open psql prompt

sudo -u postgres psql postgres

list databases

postgres=# \l

list roles

postgres=# \du

list schemas

postgres=# \dn

create role

postgres=# CREATE ROLE demorole1 WITH LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'password1' CREATEDB;

create role with multiple privileges

postgres=# CREATE ROLE demorole1 WITH LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD

postgres=# 'password1' CREATEDB CREATEROLE REPLICATION SUPERUSER;

alter role

postgres=# ALTER ROLE demorole1 CREATEROLE CREATEDB REPLICATION SUPERUSER;

drop role

postgres=# DROP ROLE demorole1;

create database

postgres=# CREATE DATABASE demodb1 WITH OWNER demorole1 ENCODING 'UTF8';

grant privileges to new user

postgres=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE demodb1 TO demorole1;

drop database

postgres=# DROP DATABASE demodb1;

connect to database

postgres=# \c

list tables in connected database

postgres=# \dt

list columns on table

postgres=# \d

backup database

pg_dump >

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