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;
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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