PostgreSQL

Links

• PostgreSQL on Archlinux
• pgAdmin

Database

-- list databases \l -- connect to a database \c myDatabaseName -- drop a database drop [if exists] myDatabaseName;

# create a database createdb myDatabaseName # connect to a database psql -d myDatabaseName # drop a database dropdb myDatabaseName

Table

-- show summary information about all tables in the current database \dt

Users and permissions

-- list all users and their permission levels \du

Service

sc-start postgresql.service

Installation

# will install postgresql-libs, postgresql and create a system user called postgres sudo pacman -S postgresql

Configuration

# create the cluster directory if needed sudo mkdir /var/lib/postgres sudo chown postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgres # switch to the PostgreSQL user sudo -iu postgres # initialize the database cluster (postgres user) initdb -D /var/lib/postgres/data # $LANG (en_US.UTF-8) is used to deduce the locale and the encoding # or can be defined manually: initdb --locale=C.UTF-8 --encoding=UTF8 -D /var/lib/postgres/data --data-checksums # --data-checksums enable data checksumming # start the service sc-start postgresql.service # login (postgres user) psql # create a user (postgres user) # If the new user has the same name as your Linux user, it allows you to access the PostgreSQL database shell without having to specify a user to login. createuser --interactive # create a database (postgres user) createdb dbtest # login (current user) psql -d dbtest

Access rights

/var/lib/postgres/data/pg_hba.conf

# all local users can access to any database including superuser database local all all trust # only local postgres user can login local all postgres peer