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%red% Howto about PostgresSQL database server.

Use the \dt command to see tables in psql. For a complete list of commands inside psql you can use \?.

There are also system tables beginning with pg_ that describe these too.

Use psql -l will list all databases.

*Create database (issues faced while creating db)

shibu@shibu-laptop:~$ createdb mydb
createdb: could not connect to database template1: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

shibu@shibu-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-7.4 start
Password:
* Starting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server [ ok ]

shibu@shibu-laptop:~$ createdb mydb
createdb: could not connect to database template1: FATAL: user "shibu" does not exist

You will need to become the operating system user under which PostgreSQL was installed (usually postgres) to create the first user account. It could also be that you were assigned a PostgreSQL user name that is different from your operating system user name; in that case you need to use the -U switch or set the PGUSER environment variable to specify your PostgreSQL user name.

*Create database:

root@shibu-laptop:~# su postgres
postgres@shibu-laptop:/root$ cd
postgres@shibu-laptop:~$ createdb mydb
CREATE DATABASE

*drop database

postgres@shibu-laptop:~$ dropdb mydb
DROP DATABASE
postgres@shibu-laptop:~$


postgres@shibu-laptop:~$ createdb mydb
CREATE DATABASE

%blue%Once you have created a database, you can access it by: Running the PostgreSQL interactive terminal program, called psql, which allows you to interactively enter, edit, and execute SQL commands.


%brown%Using an existing graphical frontend tool like PgAccess or an office suite with ODBC support to create and manipul

mydb=# select version();
version
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PostgreSQL 7.4.12 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.0.gcc-opt (GCC) 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu4)
(1 row)

mydb=# selcet current_date;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "selcet" at character 1
mydb=# select current_date;
date
------------
2007-01-19
(1 row)

mydb=# ate a database. These possibilities are not covered in this tutorial.

postgres@shibu-laptop:~$ psql mydb
Welcome to psql 7.4.12, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help on internal slash commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit

mydb=#


For example, you can get help on the syntax of various PostgreSQL SQL commands by typing:

*mydb=> \h

To get out of psql, type

mydb=> \qpostgres@shibu-laptop:~$ psql -l
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding
-----------+----------+----------
mydb | postgres | UNICODE
template0 | postgres | UNICODE
template1 | postgres | UNICODE
(3 rows)

postgres@shibu-laptop:~$

*Create user...


postgres@shibu-laptop:~$ createuser shibu
Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) n
CREATE USER

shibu@shibu-laptop:~$ createdb mydb
CREATE DATABASE
shibu@shibu-laptop:~$

shibu@shibu-laptop:~$ psql -l
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding
-----------+----------+----------
mydb | shibu | UNICODE
template0 | postgres | UNICODE
template1 | postgres | UNICODE
(3 rows)

shibu@shibu-laptop:~$


shibu@shibu-laptop:~$ psql -V
psql (PostgreSQL) 7.4.12
contains support for command-line editing
shibu@shibu-laptop:~$
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