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