Part VI. Reference

Table of Contents

I. SQL Commands

ABORT - abort the current transaction

ALTER AGGREGATE - change the definition of an aggregate function

ALTER COLLATION - change the definition of a collation

ALTER CONVERSION - change the definition of a conversion

ALTER DATABASE - change a database

ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES - define default access privileges

ALTER DOMAIN - change the definition of a domain

ALTER EVENT TRIGGER - change the definition of an event trigger

ALTER EXTENSION - change the definition of an extension

ALTER FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER - change the definition of a foreign-data wrapper

ALTER FOREIGN TABLE - change the definition of a foreign table

ALTER FUNCTION - change the definition of a function

ALTER GROUP - change role name or membership

ALTER INDEX - change the definition of an index

ALTER LANGUAGE - change the definition of a procedural language

ALTER LARGE OBJECT - change the definition of a large object

ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW - change the definition of a materialized view

ALTER OPERATOR - change the definition of an operator

ALTER OPERATOR CLASS - change the definition of an operator class

ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY - change the definition of an operator family

ALTER POLICY - change the definition of a row level security policy

ALTER PROCEDURE - change the definition of a procedure

ALTER PUBLICATION - change the definition of a publication

ALTER ROLE - change a database role

ALTER ROUTINE - change the definition of a routine

ALTER RULE - change the definition of a rule

ALTER SCHEMA - change the definition of a schema

ALTER SEQUENCE - change the definition of a sequence generator

ALTER SERVER - change the definition of a foreign server

ALTER STATISTICS - change the definition of an extended statistics object

ALTER SUBSCRIPTION - change the definition of a subscription

ALTER SYSTEM - change a server configuration parameter

ALTER TABLE - change the definition of a table

ALTER TABLESPACE - change the definition of a tablespace

ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION - change the definition of a text search configuration

ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY - change the definition of a text search dictionary

ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER - change the definition of a text search parser

ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE - change the definition of a text search template

ALTER TRIGGER - change the definition of a trigger

ALTER TYPE - change the definition of a type

ALTER USER - change a database role

ALTER USER MAPPING - change the definition of a user mapping

ALTER VIEW - change the definition of a view

ANALYZE - collect statistics about a database

BEGIN - start a transaction block

CALL - invoke a procedure

CHECKPOINT - force a write-ahead log checkpoint

CLOSE - close a cursor

CLUSTER - cluster a table according to an index

COMMENT - define or change the comment of an object

COMMIT - commit the current transaction

COMMIT PREPARED - commit a transaction that was earlier prepared for two-phase commit

COPY - copy data between a file and a table

CREATE ACCESS METHOD - define a new access method

CREATE AGGREGATE - define a new aggregate function

CREATE CAST - define a new cast

CREATE COLLATION - define a new collation

CREATE CONVERSION - define a new encoding conversion

CREATE DATABASE - create a new database

CREATE DOMAIN - define a new domain

CREATE EVENT TRIGGER - define a new event trigger

CREATE EXTENSION - install an extension

CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER - define a new foreign-data wrapper

CREATE FOREIGN TABLE - define a new foreign table

CREATE FUNCTION - define a new function

CREATE GROUP - define a new database role

CREATE INDEX - define a new index

CREATE LANGUAGE - define a new procedural language

CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW - define a new materialized view

CREATE OPERATOR - define a new operator

CREATE OPERATOR CLASS - define a new operator class

CREATE OPERATOR FAMILY - define a new operator family

CREATE POLICY - define a new row level security policy for a table

CREATE PROCEDURE - define a new procedure

CREATE PUBLICATION - define a new publication

CREATE ROLE - define a new database role

CREATE RULE - define a new rewrite rule

CREATE SCHEMA - define a new schema

CREATE SEQUENCE - define a new sequence generator

CREATE SERVER - define a new foreign server

CREATE STATISTICS - define extended statistics

CREATE SUBSCRIPTION - define a new subscription

CREATE TABLE - define a new table

CREATE TABLE AS - define a new table from the results of a query

CREATE TABLESPACE - define a new tablespace

CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION - define a new text search configuration

CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY - define a new text search dictionary

CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER - define a new text search parser

CREATE TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE - define a new text search template

CREATE TRANSFORM - define a new transform

CREATE TRIGGER - define a new trigger

CREATE TYPE - define a new data type

CREATE USER - define a new database role

CREATE USER MAPPING - define a new mapping of a user to a foreign server

CREATE VIEW - define a new view

DEALLOCATE - deallocate a prepared statement

DECLARE - define a cursor

DELETE - delete rows of a table

DISCARD - discard session state

DO - execute an anonymous code block

DROP ACCESS METHOD - remove an access method

DROP AGGREGATE - remove an aggregate function

DROP CAST - remove a cast

DROP COLLATION - remove a collation

DROP CONVERSION - remove a conversion

DROP DATABASE - remove a database

DROP DOMAIN - remove a domain

DROP EVENT TRIGGER - remove an event trigger

DROP EXTENSION - remove an extension

DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER - remove a foreign-data wrapper

DROP FOREIGN TABLE - remove a foreign table

DROP FUNCTION - remove a function

DROP GROUP - remove a database role

DROP INDEX - remove an index

DROP LANGUAGE - remove a procedural language

DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW - remove a materialized view

DROP OPERATOR - remove an operator

DROP OPERATOR CLASS - remove an operator class

DROP OPERATOR FAMILY - remove an operator family

DROP OWNED - remove database objects owned by a database role

DROP POLICY - remove a row level security policy from a table

DROP PROCEDURE - remove a procedure

DROP PUBLICATION - remove a publication

DROP ROLE - remove a database role

DROP ROUTINE - remove a routine

DROP RULE - remove a rewrite rule

DROP SCHEMA - remove a schema

DROP SEQUENCE - remove a sequence

DROP SERVER - remove a foreign server descriptor

DROP STATISTICS - remove extended statistics

DROP SUBSCRIPTION - remove a subscription

DROP TABLE - remove a table

DROP TABLESPACE - remove a tablespace

DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION - remove a text search configuration

DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY - remove a text search dictionary

DROP TEXT SEARCH PARSER - remove a text search parser

DROP TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE - remove a text search template

DROP TRANSFORM - remove a transform

DROP TRIGGER - remove a trigger

DROP TYPE - remove a data type

DROP USER - remove a database role

DROP USER MAPPING - remove a user mapping for a foreign server

DROP VIEW - remove a view

END - commit the current transaction

EXECUTE - execute a prepared statement

EXPLAIN - show the execution plan of a statement

FETCH - retrieve rows from a query using a cursor

GRANT - define access privileges

IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA - import table definitions from a foreign server

INSERT - create new rows in a table

LISTEN - listen for a notification

LOAD - load a shared library file

LOCK - lock a table

MOVE - position a cursor

NOTIFY - generate a notification

PREPARE - prepare a statement for execution

PREPARE TRANSACTION - prepare the current transaction for two-phase commit

REASSIGN OWNED - change the ownership of database objects owned by a database role

REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW - replace the contents of a materialized view

REINDEX - rebuild indexes

RELEASE SAVEPOINT - destroy a previously defined savepoint

RESET - restore the value of a run-time parameter to the default value

REVOKE - remove access privileges

ROLLBACK - abort the current transaction

ROLLBACK PREPARED - cancel a transaction that was earlier prepared for two-phase commit

ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT - roll back to a savepoint

SAVEPOINT - define a new savepoint within the current transaction

SECURITY LABEL - define or change a security label applied to an object

SELECT - retrieve rows from a table or view

SELECT INTO - define a new table from the results of a query

SET - change a run-time parameter

SET CONSTRAINTS - set constraint check timing for the current transaction

SET ROLE - set the current user identifier of the current session

SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION - set the session user identifier and the current user identifier of the current session

SET TRANSACTION - set the characteristics of the current transaction

SHOW - show the value of a run-time parameter

START TRANSACTION - start a transaction block

TRUNCATE - empty a table or set of tables

UNLISTEN - stop listening for a notification

UPDATE - update rows of a table

VACUUM - garbage-collect and optionally analyze a database

VALUES - compute a set of rows

II. PostgreSQL Client Applications

clusterdb - cluster a PostgreSQL database

createdb - create a new PostgreSQL database

createuser - define a new PostgreSQL user account

dropdb - remove a PostgreSQL database

dropuser - remove a PostgreSQL user account

ecpg - embedded SQL C preprocessor

pg_basebackup - take a base backup of a PostgreSQL cluster

pgbench - run a benchmark test on PostgreSQL

pg_config - retrieve information about the installed version of PostgreSQL

pg_dump - extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file

pg_dumpall - extract a PostgreSQL database cluster into a script file

pg_isready - check the connection status of a PostgreSQL server

pg_receivewal - stream write-ahead logs from a PostgreSQL server

pg_recvlogical - control PostgreSQL logical decoding streams

pg_restore - restore a PostgreSQL database from an archive file created by pg_dump

psql - PostgreSQL interactive terminal

reindexdb - reindex a PostgreSQL database

vacuumdb - garbage-collect and analyze a PostgreSQL database

III. PostgreSQL Server Applications

initdb - create a new PostgreSQL database cluster

pg_archivecleanup - clean up PostgreSQL WAL archive files

pg_controldata - display control information of a PostgreSQL database cluster

pg_ctl - initialize, start, stop, or control a PostgreSQL server

pg_resetwal - reset the write-ahead log and other control information of a PostgreSQL database cluster

pg_rewind - synchronize a PostgreSQL data directory with another data directory that was forked from it

pg_test_fsync - determine fastest wal_sync_method for PostgreSQL

pg_test_timing - measure timing overhead

pg_upgrade - upgrade a PostgreSQL server instance

pg_verify_checksums - verify data checksums in a PostgreSQL database cluster

pg_waldump - display a human-readable rendering of the write-ahead log of a PostgreSQL database cluster

postgres - PostgreSQL database server

postmaster - PostgreSQL database server