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postgresql cheatsheet

External Resources

Setting Up

Install:

brew install postgresql

Start:

brew services start postgresql

Access Postgres:

psql postgres

Cheatsheet

Create database:

CREATE database foo;

Create role:

CREATE ROLE user1 WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'secret';

List roles:

\du

Allow user to create databases:

ALTER ROLE user1 CREATEDB;

Exit with \q and logon with user1:

psql postgres -U user1

Grant all privileges to database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE "foo" to user1;

Create user:

CREATE USER testuser with encrypted password 'sekretpw';

Grant privileges for user:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON database foo TO testuser;

Create a auto-incremental column:

CREATE TABLE fruits(id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR NOT NULL)
INSERT INTO fruits(id,name) VALUES(DEFAULT,'Apple');

List databases:

\l

Switch to database:

\c dbname

List tables:

\dt
\dt+

Backup Database:

pg_dump -h 127.0.0.1 -U postgres -p 5432 dbname > dbname.bak

Restore Database:

psql -h dbname.x.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com -U postgres dbname < dbname.bak

Resources: