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PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet

PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet CREATE DATABASE dbName; CREATE TABLE (with auto numbering integer id) Create index indexName ON tableName (columnNames); Create a Function CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION month (timestamp) RETURNS integer as 'SELECT date_part(''month'', $1)::integer;' LANGUAGE'sql';

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PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet

PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet CREATE DATABASE dbName; CREATE TABLE (with auto numbering integer id) Create index indexName ON tableName (columnNames); Create a Function CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION month (timestamp) RETURNS integer as 'SELECT date_part(''month'', $1)::integer;' LANGUAGE'sql';

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PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet

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PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet


CREATE DATABASE

CREATE DATABASE dbName ;


CREATE TABLE (with auto numbering integer id)

CREATE TABLE tableName ( id serial PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(50) UNIQUE NOT NULL, dateCreated timestamp DEFAULT current_timestamp );
Add a primary key

ALTER TABLE tableName ADD PRIMARY KEY ( id );


Create an INDEX

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX indexName ON tableName (columnNames);


Backup a database (command line)

pg_dump dbName > dbName .sql


Backup all databases (command line)

pg_dumpall > pgbackup.sql


Run a SQL script (command line)

psql -f script.sql databaseName


Search using a regular expression

SELECT column FROM table WHERE column ~ 'foo.*';


The first N records

SELECT columns FROM table LIMIT 10;


Pagination

SELECT cols FROM table LIMIT 10 OFFSET 30;


Prepared Statements

PREPARE preparedInsert (int, varchar) AS INSERT INTO tableName (intColumn, charColumn) VALUES ($1, $2); EXECUTE preparedInsert (1,'a'); EXECUTE preparedInsert (2,'b'); DEALLOCATE preparedInsert;
Create a Function

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION month (timestamp) RETURNS integer AS 'SELECT date_part(''month'', $1)::integer;' LANGUAGE 'sql';
Table Maintenance

VACUUM ANALYZE table;


Reindex a database, table or index

REINDEX DATABASE dbName;


Show query plan

EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM table;


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Import from a file

COPY destTable FROM '/tmp/somefile';


Show all runtime parameters

SHOW ALL;
Grant all permissions to a user

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON table TO username;


Perform a transaction

BEGIN TRANSACTION UPDATE accounts SET balance += 50 WHERE id = 1; COMMIT;

Basic SQL
Get all columns and rows from a table

SELECT * FROM table;


Add a new row

INSERT INTO table (column1,column2) VALUES (1, 'one');


Update a row

UPDATE table SET foo = 'bar' WHERE id = 1;


Delete a row

DELETE FROM table WHERE id = 1;

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