Postgres commands you should be using

Postgres commands you should be using

login to postgresql user

su - postgres

To enter in postgresql:-

su - postgres
psql

To create database

create database <DatabaseName>;

Create user with password

create user <username> with encrypted password 'password';

To give permission to user with database.

grant all privileges on database <databasename> to <username>;

To give superuser permission

ALTER USER username WITH SUPERUSER;

To login remotely from others place

psql -U username -h localhost -p 5432 dbname

To dump from remote server

pg_dump -U <username> -h <host-address> -p 5432 <databasename> > databasename.sql

To dump postgres database

pg_dump databasename > dbname.sql

To restore db dump

psql databasename < path-dbname.sql

database dump of single table

pg_dump -d <database_name> -t <table_name> > file.sql

and to restore single table

psql -h localhost -U postgres -p 5432 database < path/to/store/name.sql

Postgres schema only dump

pg_dump -U postgres -s postgres > exportFile.sql

Postgres schema only with specific table

pg_dump -s -t tablename databasename > dump.sql

Login directly to postgres

sudo -u postgres psql

To drop database with force

DROP DATABASE <database-name>  WITH (FORCE);

To list database

\c dbname

Switch connection to a new database

 

\l

List available databases

 

\dt

List available tables

 

\d table_name

Describe a table such as a column, type, modifiers of columns, etc.

 

\dn

List all schemes of the currently connected database

 

\df

List available functions in the current database

 

\dv

List available views in the current database

 

\du

List all users and their assign roles

 

SELECT version();

Retrieve the current version of PostgreSQL server

 

\g

Execute the last command again

 

\s

Display command history

 

\s filename

Save the command history to a file

 

\i filename

Execute psql commands from a file

 

\?

Know all available psql commands

 

\h

Get help

Eg:to get detailed information on ALTER TABLE statement use the \h ALTER TABLE

\e

Edit command in your own editor

 

\a

Switch from aligned to non-aligned column output

 

\H

Switch the output to HTML format

 

\q

Exit psql shell

 

Creating Extensions

CREATE EXTENSION <extension_name>;

Make sure you switch to specified databases and enable extension and install necessary packages before enabling

You can also check below options in Postgres

Usage:
  pg_dump [OPTION]... [DBNAME]

General options:
  -f, --file=FILENAME          output file or directory name
  -F, --format=c|d|t|p         output file format (custom, directory, tar,
                               plain text (default))
  -j, --jobs=NUM               use this many parallel jobs to dump
  -v, --verbose                verbose mode
  -V, --version                output version information, then exit
  -Z, --compress=0-9           compression level for compressed formats
  --lock-wait-timeout=TIMEOUT  fail after waiting TIMEOUT for a table lock
  -?, --help                   show this help, then exit

Options controlling the output content:
  -a, --data-only              dump only the data, not the schema
  -b, --blobs                  include large objects in dump
  -c, --clean                  clean (drop) database objects before recreating
  -C, --create                 include commands to create database in dump
  -E, --encoding=ENCODING      dump the data in encoding ENCODING
  -n, --schema=SCHEMA          dump the named schema(s) only
  -N, --exclude-schema=SCHEMA  do NOT dump the named schema(s)
  -o, --oids                   include OIDs in dump
  -O, --no-owner               skip restoration of object ownership in
                               plain-text format
  -s, --schema-only            dump only the schema, no data
  -S, --superuser=NAME         superuser user name to use in plain-text format
  -t, --table=TABLE            dump the named table(s) only
  -T, --exclude-table=TABLE    do NOT dump the named table(s)
  -x, --no-privileges          do not dump privileges (grant/revoke)
  --binary-upgrade             for use by upgrade utilities only
  --column-inserts             dump data as INSERT commands with column names
  --disable-dollar-quoting     disable dollar quoting, use SQL standard quoting
  --disable-triggers           disable triggers during data-only restore
  --enable-row-security        enable row security (dump only content user has
                               access to)
  --exclude-table-data=TABLE   do NOT dump data for the named table(s)
  --if-exists                  use IF EXISTS when dropping objects
  --inserts                    dump data as INSERT commands, rather than COPY
  --no-security-labels         do not dump security label assignments
  --no-synchronized-snapshots  do not use synchronized snapshots in parallel jobs
  --no-tablespaces             do not dump tablespace assignments
  --no-unlogged-table-data     do not dump unlogged table data
  --quote-all-identifiers      quote all identifiers, even if not key words
  --section=SECTION            dump named section (pre-data, data, or post-data)
  --serializable-deferrable    wait until the dump can run without anomalies
  --snapshot=SNAPSHOT          use given snapshot for the dump
  --strict-names               require table and/or schema include patterns to
                               match at least one entity each
  --use-set-session-authorization
                               use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands instead of
                               ALTER OWNER commands to set ownership

Connection options:
  -d, --dbname=DBNAME      database to dump
  -h, --host=HOSTNAME      database server host or socket directory
  -p, --port=PORT          database server port number
  -U, --username=NAME      connect as specified database user
  -w, --no-password        never prompt for password
  -W, --password           force password prompt (should happen automatically)
  --role=ROLENAME          do SET ROLE before dump

If no database name is supplied, then the PGDATABASE environment
variable value is used.