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+ DROP SEQUENCE next_id;
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+ DROP TABLE ids;
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+
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+ CREATE SEQUENCE next_id START -2 MINVALUE -2;
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+
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+ CREATE TABLE ids (
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+ id int4,
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+ idesc text
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+ );
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+
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+ CREATE TRIGGER ids_nextid
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+ BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON ids
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+ FOR EACH ROW
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+ EXECUTE PROCEDURE autoinc (id, next_id);
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+
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+ INSERT INTO ids VALUES (0, 'first (-2 ?)');
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+ INSERT INTO ids VALUES (null, 'second (-1 ?)');
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+ INSERT INTO ids(idesc) VALUES ('third (1 ?!)');
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+
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+ SELECT * FROM ids;
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+
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+ UPDATE ids SET id = null, idesc = 'first: -2 --> 2'
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+ WHERE idesc = 'first (-2 ?)';
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+ UPDATE ids SET id = 0, idesc = 'second: -1 --> 3'
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+ WHERE id = -1;
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+ UPDATE ids SET id = 4, idesc = 'third: 1 --> 4'
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+ WHERE id = 1;
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+
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+ SELECT * FROM ids;
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+
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+ SELECT 'Wasn''t it 4 ?' as nextval, nextval ('next_id') as value;
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+
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+ insert into ids (idesc) select textcat (idesc, '. Copy.') from ids;
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+
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+ SELECT * FROM ids;
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+ DROP TABLE username_test;
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+
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+ CREATE TABLE username_test (
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+ name text,
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+ username text not null
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+ );
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+
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+ CREATE TRIGGER insert_usernames
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+ BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON username_test
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+ FOR EACH ROW
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+ EXECUTE PROCEDURE insert_username (username);
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+
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+ INSERT INTO username_test VALUES ('nothing');
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+ INSERT INTO username_test VALUES ('null', null);
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+ INSERT INTO username_test VALUES ('empty string', '');
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+ INSERT INTO username_test VALUES ('space', ' ');
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+ INSERT INTO username_test VALUES ('tab', ' ');
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+ INSERT INTO username_test VALUES ('name', 'name');
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+
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+ SELECT * FROM username_test;
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+ DROP TABLE mdt;
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+
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+ CREATE TABLE mdt (
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+ id int4,
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+ idesc text,
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+ moddate timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
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+ );
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+
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+ CREATE TRIGGER mdt_moddatetime
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+ BEFORE UPDATE ON mdt
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+ FOR EACH ROW
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+ EXECUTE PROCEDURE moddatetime (moddate);
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+
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+ INSERT INTO mdt VALUES (1, 'first');
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+ INSERT INTO mdt VALUES (2, 'second');
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+ INSERT INTO mdt VALUES (3, 'third');
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+
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+ SELECT * FROM mdt;
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+
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+ UPDATE mdt SET id = 4
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+ WHERE id = 1;
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+ UPDATE mdt SET id = 5
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+ WHERE id = 2;
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+ UPDATE mdt SET id = 6
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+ WHERE id = 3;
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+
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+ SELECT * FROM mdt;
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+ --Column ID of table A is primary key:
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+
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+ CREATE TABLE A (
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+ ID int4 not null
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+ );
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+ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX AI ON A (ID);
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+
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+ --Columns REFB of table B and REFC of C are foreign keys referencing ID of A:
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+
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+ CREATE TABLE B (
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+ REFB int4
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+ );
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+ CREATE INDEX BI ON B (REFB);
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+
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+ CREATE TABLE C (
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+ REFC int4
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+ );
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+ CREATE INDEX CI ON C (REFC);
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+
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+ --Trigger for table A:
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+
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+ CREATE TRIGGER AT BEFORE DELETE OR UPDATE ON A FOR EACH ROW
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+ EXECUTE PROCEDURE
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+ check_foreign_key (2, 'cascade', 'ID', 'B', 'REFB', 'C', 'REFC');
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+ /*
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+ 2 - means that check must be performed for foreign keys of 2 tables.
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+ cascade - defines that corresponding keys must be deleted.
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+ ID - name of primary key column in triggered table (A). You may
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+ use as many columns as you need.
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+ B - name of (first) table with foreign keys.
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+ REFB - name of foreign key column in this table. You may use as many
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+ columns as you need, but number of key columns in referenced
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+ table (A) must be the same.
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+ C - name of second table with foreign keys.
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+ REFC - name of foreign key column in this table.
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+ */
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+
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+ --Trigger for table B:
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+
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+ CREATE TRIGGER BT BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON B FOR EACH ROW
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+ EXECUTE PROCEDURE
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+ check_primary_key ('REFB', 'A', 'ID');
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+
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+ /*
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+ REFB - name of foreign key column in triggered (B) table. You may use as
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+ many columns as you need, but number of key columns in referenced
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+ table must be the same.
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+ A - referenced table name.
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+ ID - name of primary key column in referenced table.
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+ */
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+
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+ --Trigger for table C:
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+
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+ CREATE TRIGGER CT BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON C FOR EACH ROW
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+ EXECUTE PROCEDURE
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+ check_primary_key ('REFC', 'A', 'ID');
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+
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+ -- Now try
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+
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+ INSERT INTO A VALUES (10);
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+ INSERT INTO A VALUES (20);
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+ INSERT INTO A VALUES (30);
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+ INSERT INTO A VALUES (40);
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+ INSERT INTO A VALUES (50);
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+
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+ INSERT INTO B VALUES (1); -- invalid reference
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+ INSERT INTO B VALUES (10);
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+ INSERT INTO B VALUES (30);
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+ INSERT INTO B VALUES (30);
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+
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+ INSERT INTO C VALUES (11); -- invalid reference
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+ INSERT INTO C VALUES (20);
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+ INSERT INTO C VALUES (20);
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+ INSERT INTO C VALUES (30);
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+
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+ DELETE FROM A WHERE ID = 10;
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+ DELETE FROM A WHERE ID = 20;
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+ DELETE FROM A WHERE ID = 30;
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+
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+ SELECT * FROM A;
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+ SELECT * FROM B;
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+ SELECT * FROM C;
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Appendix L. Acronyms</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="limits.html" title="Appendix K. PostgreSQL Limits" /><link rel="next" href="glossary.html" title="Appendix M. Glossary" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">Appendix L. Acronyms</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="limits.html" title="Appendix K. PostgreSQL Limits">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="appendixes.html" title="Part VIII. Appendixes">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Part VIII. Appendixes</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="glossary.html" title="Appendix M. Glossary">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="appendix" id="ACRONYMS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title">Appendix L. Acronyms</h2></div></div></div><p>
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+ This is a list of acronyms commonly used in the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
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+ documentation and in discussions about <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>.
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+
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+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ANSI</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute" target="_top">
8
+ American National Standards Institute</a>
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">API</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
10
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API" target="_top">Application Programming Interface</a>
11
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ASCII</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
12
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii" target="_top">American Standard
13
+ Code for Information Interchange</a>
14
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">BKI</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
15
+ <a class="link" href="bki.html" title="Chapter 75. System Catalog Declarations and Initial Contents">Backend Interface</a>
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">CA</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
17
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority" target="_top">Certificate Authority</a>
18
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">CIDR</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
19
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing" target="_top">Classless
20
+ Inter-Domain Routing</a>
21
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">CPAN</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
22
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://www.cpan.org/" target="_top">Comprehensive Perl Archive Network</a>
23
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">CRL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
24
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_revocation_list" target="_top">Certificate
25
+ Revocation List</a>
26
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">CSV</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
27
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values" target="_top">Comma
28
+ Separated Values</a>
29
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">CTE</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
30
+ <a class="link" href="queries-with.html" title="7.8. WITH Queries (Common Table Expressions)">Common Table Expression</a>
31
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">CVE</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
32
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://cve.mitre.org/" target="_top">Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures</a>
33
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">DBA</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
34
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_administrator" target="_top">Database
35
+ Administrator</a>
36
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">DBI</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
37
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://dbi.perl.org/" target="_top">Database Interface (Perl)</a>
38
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">DBMS</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
39
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dbms" target="_top">Database Management
40
+ System</a>
41
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">DDL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
42
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Definition_Language" target="_top">Data
43
+ Definition Language</a>, SQL commands such as <code class="command">CREATE
44
+ TABLE</code>, <code class="command">ALTER USER</code>
45
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">DML</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
46
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Manipulation_Language" target="_top">Data
47
+ Manipulation Language</a>, SQL commands such as <code class="command">INSERT</code>,
48
+ <code class="command">UPDATE</code>, <code class="command">DELETE</code>
49
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">DST</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
50
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" target="_top">Daylight
51
+ Saving Time</a>
52
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ECPG</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
53
+ <a class="link" href="ecpg.html" title="Chapter 36. ECPG — Embedded SQL in C">Embedded C for PostgreSQL</a>
54
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ESQL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
55
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_SQL" target="_top">Embedded
56
+ SQL</a>
57
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">FAQ</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
58
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ" target="_top">Frequently Asked
59
+ Questions</a>
60
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">FSM</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
61
+ <a class="link" href="storage-fsm.html" title="73.3. Free Space Map">Free Space Map</a>
62
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">GEQO</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
63
+ <a class="link" href="geqo.html" title="Chapter 62. Genetic Query Optimizer">Genetic Query Optimizer</a>
64
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">GIN</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
65
+ <a class="link" href="gin.html" title="Chapter 70. GIN Indexes">Generalized Inverted Index</a>
66
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">GiST</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
67
+ <a class="link" href="gist.html" title="Chapter 68. GiST Indexes">Generalized Search Tree</a>
68
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">Git</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
69
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)" target="_top">Git</a>
70
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">GMT</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
71
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT" target="_top">Greenwich Mean Time</a>
72
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">GSSAPI</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Security_Services_Application_Program_Interface" target="_top">Generic
74
+ Security Services Application Programming Interface</a>
75
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">GUC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
76
+ <a class="link" href="config-setting.html" title="20.1. Setting Parameters">Grand Unified Configuration</a>,
77
+ the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> subsystem that handles server configuration
78
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">HBA</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
79
+ <a class="link" href="auth-pg-hba-conf.html" title="21.1. The pg_hba.conf File">Host-Based Authentication</a>
80
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">HOT</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
81
+ <a class="link" href="storage-hot.html" title="73.7. Heap-Only Tuples (HOT)">Heap-Only Tuples</a>
82
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">IEC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
83
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Electrotechnical_Commission" target="_top">International
84
+ Electrotechnical Commission</a>
85
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">IEEE</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
86
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://standards.ieee.org/" target="_top">Institute of Electrical and
87
+ Electronics Engineers</a>
88
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">IPC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
89
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication" target="_top">Inter-Process
90
+ Communication</a>
91
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ISO</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
92
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://www.iso.org/home.html" target="_top">International Organization for
93
+ Standardization</a>
94
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ISSN</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
95
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issn" target="_top">International Standard
96
+ Serial Number</a>
97
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">JDBC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
98
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Database_Connectivity" target="_top">Java
99
+ Database Connectivity</a>
100
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">JIT</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
101
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-time_compilation" target="_top">Just-in-Time
102
+ compilation</a>
103
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">JSON</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
104
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://www.json.org" target="_top">JavaScript Object Notation</a>
105
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">LDAP</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
106
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol" target="_top">Lightweight
107
+ Directory Access Protocol</a>
108
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">LSN</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
109
+ <a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-LOG-SEQUENCE-NUMBER"><em class="glossterm"><a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-LOG-SEQUENCE-NUMBER" title="Log sequence number">Log Sequence Number</a></em></a>
110
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">MCF</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
111
+ Most Common Frequency, that is the frequency associated with some
112
+ Most Common Value
113
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">MCV</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
114
+ Most Common Value, one of the values appearing most often within a
115
+ particular table column
116
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">MITM</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
117
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack" target="_top">
118
+ Man-in-the-middle attack</a>
119
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">MSVC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
120
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_C++" target="_top"><span class="productname">Microsoft
121
+ Visual C</span></a>
122
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">MVCC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
123
+ <a class="link" href="mvcc.html" title="Chapter 13. Concurrency Control">Multi-Version Concurrency Control</a>
124
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">NLS</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
125
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization" target="_top">National
126
+ Language Support</a>
127
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ODBC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
128
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Database_Connectivity" target="_top">Open
129
+ Database Connectivity</a>
130
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">OID</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
131
+ <a class="link" href="datatype-oid.html" title="8.19. Object Identifier Types">Object Identifier</a>
132
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">OLAP</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
133
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olap" target="_top">Online Analytical
134
+ Processing</a>
135
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">OLTP</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
136
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLTP" target="_top">Online Transaction
137
+ Processing</a>
138
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">ORDBMS</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
139
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORDBMS" target="_top">Object-Relational
140
+ Database Management System</a>
141
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">PAM</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
142
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluggable_Authentication_Modules" target="_top">Pluggable
143
+ Authentication Modules</a>
144
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">PGSQL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
145
+ <a class="link" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation"><span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span></a>
146
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">PGXS</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
147
+ <a class="link" href="extend-pgxs.html" title="38.18. Extension Building Infrastructure"><span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> Extension System</a>
148
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">PID</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
149
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_identifier" target="_top">Process Identifier</a>
150
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">PITR</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
151
+ <a class="link" href="continuous-archiving.html" title="26.3. Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)">Point-In-Time
152
+ Recovery</a> (Continuous Archiving)
153
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">PL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
154
+ <a class="link" href="server-programming.html" title="Part V. Server Programming">Procedural Languages (server-side)</a>
155
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">POSIX</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
156
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX" target="_top">Portable Operating
157
+ System Interface</a>
158
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">RDBMS</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
159
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database_management_system" target="_top">Relational
160
+ Database Management System</a>
161
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">RFC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
162
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments" target="_top">Request For
163
+ Comments</a>
164
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SGML</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
165
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGML" target="_top">Standard Generalized
166
+ Markup Language</a>
167
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SNI</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
168
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication" target="_top">
169
+ Server Name Indication</a>,
170
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6066#section-3" target="_top">RFC 6066</a>
171
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SPI</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
172
+ <a class="link" href="spi.html" title="Chapter 47. Server Programming Interface">Server Programming Interface</a>
173
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SP-GiST</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
174
+ <a class="link" href="spgist.html" title="Chapter 69. SP-GiST Indexes">Space-Partitioned Generalized Search Tree</a>
175
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
176
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL" target="_top">Structured Query Language</a>
177
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SRF</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
178
+ <a class="link" href="xfunc-c.html#XFUNC-C-RETURN-SET" title="38.10.8. Returning Sets">Set-Returning Function</a>
179
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SSH</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
180
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell" target="_top">Secure
181
+ Shell</a>
182
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SSL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
183
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer" target="_top">Secure Sockets Layer</a>
184
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SSPI</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="ulink" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380493%28VS.85%29.aspx" target="_top">Security
186
+ Support Provider Interface</a>
187
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">SYSV</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
188
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_V" target="_top">Unix System V</a>
189
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">TCP/IP</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
190
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol" target="_top">Transmission
191
+ Control Protocol (TCP) / Internet Protocol (IP)</a>
192
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">TID</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
193
+ <a class="link" href="datatype-oid.html" title="8.19. Object Identifier Types">Tuple Identifier</a>
194
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">TLS</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
195
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security" target="_top">
196
+ Transport Layer Security</a>
197
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">TOAST</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
198
+ <a class="link" href="storage-toast.html" title="73.2. TOAST">The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique</a>
199
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">TPC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="ulink" href="http://www.tpc.org/" target="_top">Transaction Processing
201
+ Performance Council</a>
202
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">URL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL" target="_top">Uniform Resource
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+ Locator</a>
205
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">UTC</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
206
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" target="_top">Coordinated
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+ Universal Time</a>
208
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
209
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://www.unicode.org/" target="_top">Unicode Transformation
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+ Format</a>
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">UTF8</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utf8" target="_top">Eight-Bit Unicode
213
+ Transformation Format</a>
214
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">UUID</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="link" href="datatype-uuid.html" title="8.12. UUID Type">Universally Unique Identifier</a>
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">WAL</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="link" href="wal.html" title="Chapter 30. Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log">Write-Ahead Log</a>
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">XID</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="link" href="datatype-oid.html" title="8.19. Object Identifier Types">Transaction Identifier</a>
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><acronym class="acronym">XML</acronym></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML" target="_top">Extensible Markup
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+ Language</a>
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+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
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+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="limits.html" title="Appendix K. PostgreSQL Limits">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="appendixes.html" title="Part VIII. Appendixes">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="glossary.html" title="Appendix M. Glossary">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Appendix K. <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> Limits </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Appendix M. Glossary</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ This part covers topics that are of interest to a
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+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database administrator. This includes
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+ installation of the software, set up and configuration of the
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+ server, management of users and databases, and maintenance tasks.
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+ Anyone who runs a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server, even for
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+ with the topics covered in this part.
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+ </p><p>
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+ The information in this part is arranged approximately in the
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+ order in which a new user should read it. But the chapters are
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+ self-contained and can be read individually as desired. The
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+ information in this part is presented in a narrative fashion in
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+ topical units. Readers looking for a complete description of a
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+ particular command should see <a class="xref" href="reference.html" title="Part VI. Reference">Part VI</a>.
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+ </p><p>
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+ The first few chapters are written so they can be understood
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+ without prerequisite knowledge, so new users who need to set
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+ up their own server can begin their exploration with this part.
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+ The rest of this part is about tuning and management; that material
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+ assumes that the reader is familiar with the general use of
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+ the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database system. Readers are
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+ encouraged to look at <a class="xref" href="tutorial.html" title="Part I. Tutorial">Part I</a> and <a class="xref" href="sql.html" title="Part II. The SQL Language">Part II</a> for additional information.
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+ </p><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="install-binaries.html">16. Installation from Binaries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="installation.html">17. Installation from Source Code</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install-requirements.html">17.1. Requirements</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install-getsource.html">17.2. Getting the Source</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install-make.html">17.3. Building and Installation with Autoconf and Make</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install-meson.html">17.4. Building and Installation with Meson</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install-post.html">17.5. Post-Installation Setup</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="supported-platforms.html">17.6. Supported Platforms</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="installation-platform-notes.html">17.7. Platform-Specific Notes</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="install-windows.html">18. Installation from Source Code on <span class="productname">Windows</span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install-windows-full.html">18.1. Building with <span class="productname">Visual C++</span> or the
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+ <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows SDK</span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="runtime.html">19. Server Setup and Operation</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="postgres-user.html">19.1. The <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> User Account</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="creating-cluster.html">19.2. Creating a Database Cluster</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="server-start.html">19.3. Starting the Database Server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="kernel-resources.html">19.4. Managing Kernel Resources</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="server-shutdown.html">19.5. Shutting Down the Server</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="upgrading.html">19.6. Upgrading a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> Cluster</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="preventing-server-spoofing.html">19.7. Preventing Server Spoofing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="encryption-options.html">19.8. Encryption Options</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ssl-tcp.html">19.9. Secure TCP/IP Connections with SSL</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gssapi-enc.html">19.10. Secure TCP/IP Connections with GSSAPI Encryption</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ssh-tunnels.html">19.11. Secure TCP/IP Connections with <span class="application">SSH</span> Tunnels</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="event-log-registration.html">19.12. Registering <span class="application">Event Log</span> on <span class="systemitem">Windows</span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="runtime-config.html">20. Server Configuration</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="config-setting.html">20.1. Setting Parameters</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-file-locations.html">20.2. File Locations</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-connection.html">20.3. Connections and Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-resource.html">20.4. Resource Consumption</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-wal.html">20.5. Write Ahead Log</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-replication.html">20.6. Replication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-query.html">20.7. Query Planning</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-logging.html">20.8. Error Reporting and Logging</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-statistics.html">20.9. Run-time Statistics</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-autovacuum.html">20.10. Automatic Vacuuming</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-client.html">20.11. Client Connection Defaults</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-locks.html">20.12. Lock Management</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-compatible.html">20.13. Version and Platform Compatibility</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-error-handling.html">20.14. Error Handling</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-preset.html">20.15. Preset Options</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-custom.html">20.16. Customized Options</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-developer.html">20.17. Developer Options</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="runtime-config-short.html">20.18. Short Options</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="client-authentication.html">21. Client Authentication</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-pg-hba-conf.html">21.1. The <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code> File</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-username-maps.html">21.2. User Name Maps</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-methods.html">21.3. Authentication Methods</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-trust.html">21.4. Trust Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-password.html">21.5. Password Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="gssapi-auth.html">21.6. GSSAPI Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="sspi-auth.html">21.7. SSPI Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-ident.html">21.8. Ident Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-peer.html">21.9. Peer Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-ldap.html">21.10. LDAP Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-radius.html">21.11. RADIUS Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-cert.html">21.12. Certificate Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-pam.html">21.13. PAM Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-bsd.html">21.14. BSD Authentication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="client-authentication-problems.html">21.15. Authentication Problems</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="user-manag.html">22. Database Roles</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="database-roles.html">22.1. Database Roles</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="role-attributes.html">22.2. Role Attributes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="role-membership.html">22.3. Role Membership</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="role-removal.html">22.4. Dropping Roles</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="predefined-roles.html">22.5. Predefined Roles</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="perm-functions.html">22.6. Function Security</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="managing-databases.html">23. Managing Databases</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-overview.html">23.1. Overview</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-createdb.html">23.2. Creating a Database</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-templatedbs.html">23.3. Template Databases</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-config.html">23.4. Database Configuration</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-dropdb.html">23.5. Destroying a Database</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manage-ag-tablespaces.html">23.6. Tablespaces</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="charset.html">24. Localization</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="locale.html">24.1. 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File System Level Backup</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="continuous-archiving.html">26.3. Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="high-availability.html">27. High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="different-replication-solutions.html">27.1. Comparison of Different Solutions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="warm-standby.html">27.2. Log-Shipping Standby Servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="warm-standby-failover.html">27.3. Failover</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="hot-standby.html">27.4. Hot Standby</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="monitoring.html">28. Monitoring Database Activity</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="monitoring-ps.html">28.1. Standard Unix Tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="monitoring-stats.html">28.2. The Cumulative Statistics System</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="monitoring-locks.html">28.3. Viewing Locks</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="progress-reporting.html">28.4. Progress Reporting</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="dynamic-trace.html">28.5. Dynamic Tracing</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="diskusage.html">29. Monitoring Disk Usage</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="disk-usage.html">29.1. Determining Disk Usage</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="disk-full.html">29.2. Disk Full Failure</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="wal.html">30. Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="wal-reliability.html">30.1. Reliability</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="checksums.html">30.2. Data Checksums</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="wal-intro.html">30.3. Write-Ahead Logging (<acronym class="acronym">WAL</acronym>)</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="wal-async-commit.html">30.4. Asynchronous Commit</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="wal-configuration.html">30.5. <acronym class="acronym">WAL</acronym> Configuration</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="wal-internals.html">30.6. WAL Internals</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="logical-replication.html">31. Logical Replication</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-publication.html">31.1. Publication</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-subscription.html">31.2. Subscription</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-row-filter.html">31.3. Row Filters</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-col-lists.html">31.4. Column Lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-conflicts.html">31.5. Conflicts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-restrictions.html">31.6. Restrictions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-architecture.html">31.7. Architecture</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-monitoring.html">31.8. Monitoring</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-security.html">31.9. Security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-config.html">31.10. Configuration Settings</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="logical-replication-quick-setup.html">31.11. Quick Setup</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="jit.html">32. Just-in-Time Compilation (<acronym class="acronym">JIT</acronym>)</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="jit-reason.html">32.1. What Is <acronym class="acronym">JIT</acronym> compilation?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="jit-decision.html">32.2. When to <acronym class="acronym">JIT</acronym>?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="jit-configuration.html">32.3. Configuration</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="jit-extensibility.html">32.4. Extensibility</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="regress.html">33. Regression Tests</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="regress-run.html">33.1. Running the Tests</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="regress-evaluation.html">33.2. Test Evaluation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="regress-variant.html">33.3. Variant Comparison Files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="regress-tap.html">33.4. TAP Tests</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="regress-coverage.html">33.5. 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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>F.1. adminpack — pgAdmin support toolpack</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions" /><link rel="next" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">F.1. adminpack — pgAdmin support toolpack</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="ADMINPACK"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">F.1. adminpack — pgAdmin support toolpack <a href="#ADMINPACK" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.11.7.11.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
3
+ <code class="filename">adminpack</code> provides a number of support functions which
4
+ <span class="application">pgAdmin</span> and other administration and management tools can
5
+ use to provide additional functionality, such as remote management
6
+ of server log files.
7
+ Use of all these functions is only allowed to database superusers by default, but may be
8
+ allowed to other users by using the <code class="command">GRANT</code> command.
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ The functions shown in <a class="xref" href="adminpack.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMINPACK-TABLE" title="Table F.1. adminpack Functions">Table F.1</a> provide
11
+ write access to files on the machine hosting the server. (See also the
12
+ functions in <a class="xref" href="functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-GENFILE-TABLE" title="Table 9.101. Generic File Access Functions">Table 9.101</a>, which
13
+ provide read-only access.)
14
+ Only files within the database cluster directory can be accessed, unless the
15
+ user is a superuser or given privileges of one of the
16
+ <code class="literal">pg_read_server_files</code> or
17
+ <code class="literal">pg_write_server_files</code> roles, as appropriate for the
18
+ function, but either a relative or absolute path is allowable.
19
+ </p><div class="table" id="FUNCTIONS-ADMINPACK-TABLE"><p class="title"><strong>Table F.1. <code class="filename">adminpack</code> Functions</strong></p><div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="adminpack Functions" border="1"><colgroup><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature">
20
+ Function
21
+ </p>
22
+ <p>
23
+ Description
24
+ </p></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature">
25
+ <code class="function">pg_catalog.pg_file_write</code> ( <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em> <code class="type">text</code>, <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> <code class="type">text</code>, <em class="parameter"><code>append</code></em> <code class="type">boolean</code> )
26
+ → <code class="returnvalue">bigint</code>
27
+ </p>
28
+ <p>
29
+ Writes, or appends to, a text file.
30
+ </p></td></tr><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature">
31
+ <code class="function">pg_catalog.pg_file_sync</code> ( <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em> <code class="type">text</code> )
32
+ → <code class="returnvalue">void</code>
33
+ </p>
34
+ <p>
35
+ Flushes a file or directory to disk.
36
+ </p></td></tr><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature">
37
+ <code class="function">pg_catalog.pg_file_rename</code> ( <em class="parameter"><code>oldname</code></em> <code class="type">text</code>, <em class="parameter"><code>newname</code></em> <code class="type">text</code> [<span class="optional">, <em class="parameter"><code>archivename</code></em> <code class="type">text</code> </span>] )
38
+ → <code class="returnvalue">boolean</code>
39
+ </p>
40
+ <p>
41
+ Renames a file.
42
+ </p></td></tr><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature">
43
+ <code class="function">pg_catalog.pg_file_unlink</code> ( <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em> <code class="type">text</code> )
44
+ → <code class="returnvalue">boolean</code>
45
+ </p>
46
+ <p>
47
+ Removes a file.
48
+ </p></td></tr><tr><td class="func_table_entry"><p class="func_signature">
49
+ <code class="function">pg_catalog.pg_logdir_ls</code> ()
50
+ → <code class="returnvalue">setof record</code>
51
+ </p>
52
+ <p>
53
+ Lists the log files in the <code class="varname">log_directory</code> directory.
54
+ </p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><a id="id-1.11.7.11.6" class="indexterm"></a><p>
55
+ <code class="function">pg_file_write</code> writes the specified <em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> into
56
+ the file named by <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>. If <em class="parameter"><code>append</code></em> is
57
+ false, the file must not already exist. If <em class="parameter"><code>append</code></em> is true,
58
+ the file can already exist, and will be appended to if so.
59
+ Returns the number of bytes written.
60
+ </p><a id="id-1.11.7.11.8" class="indexterm"></a><p>
61
+ <code class="function">pg_file_sync</code> fsyncs the specified file or directory
62
+ named by <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em>. An error is thrown
63
+ on failure (e.g., the specified file is not present). Note that
64
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-error-handling.html#GUC-DATA-SYNC-RETRY">data_sync_retry</a> has no effect on this function,
65
+ and therefore a PANIC-level error will not be raised even on failure to
66
+ flush database files.
67
+ </p><a id="id-1.11.7.11.10" class="indexterm"></a><p>
68
+ <code class="function">pg_file_rename</code> renames a file. If <em class="parameter"><code>archivename</code></em>
69
+ is omitted or NULL, it simply renames <em class="parameter"><code>oldname</code></em>
70
+ to <em class="parameter"><code>newname</code></em> (which must not already exist).
71
+ If <em class="parameter"><code>archivename</code></em> is provided, it first
72
+ renames <em class="parameter"><code>newname</code></em> to <em class="parameter"><code>archivename</code></em> (which must
73
+ not already exist), and then renames <em class="parameter"><code>oldname</code></em>
74
+ to <em class="parameter"><code>newname</code></em>. In event of failure of the second rename step,
75
+ it will try to rename <em class="parameter"><code>archivename</code></em> back
76
+ to <em class="parameter"><code>newname</code></em> before reporting the error.
77
+ Returns true on success, false if the source file(s) are not present or
78
+ not writable; other cases throw errors.
79
+ </p><a id="id-1.11.7.11.12" class="indexterm"></a><p>
80
+ <code class="function">pg_file_unlink</code> removes the specified file.
81
+ Returns true on success, false if the specified file is not present
82
+ or the <code class="function">unlink()</code> call fails; other cases throw errors.
83
+ </p><a id="id-1.11.7.11.14" class="indexterm"></a><p>
84
+ <code class="function">pg_logdir_ls</code> returns the start timestamps and path
85
+ names of all the log files in the <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-LOG-DIRECTORY">log_directory</a>
86
+ directory. The <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-LOG-FILENAME">log_filename</a> parameter must have its
87
+ default setting (<code class="literal">postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log</code>) to use this
88
+ function.
89
+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ The <code class="filename">amcheck</code> module provides functions that allow you to
4
+ verify the logical consistency of the structure of relations.
5
+ </p><p>
6
+ The B-Tree checking functions verify various <span class="emphasis"><em>invariants</em></span> in the
7
+ structure of the representation of particular relations. The
8
+ correctness of the access method functions behind index scans and
9
+ other important operations relies on these invariants always
10
+ holding. For example, certain functions verify, among other things,
11
+ that all B-Tree pages have items in <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">logical</span>”</span> order (e.g.,
12
+ for B-Tree indexes on <code class="type">text</code>, index tuples should be in
13
+ collated lexical order). If that particular invariant somehow fails
14
+ to hold, we can expect binary searches on the affected page to
15
+ incorrectly guide index scans, resulting in wrong answers to SQL
16
+ queries. If the structure appears to be valid, no error is raised.
17
+ </p><p>
18
+ Verification is performed using the same procedures as those used by
19
+ index scans themselves, which may be user-defined operator class
20
+ code. For example, B-Tree index verification relies on comparisons
21
+ made with one or more B-Tree support function 1 routines. See <a class="xref" href="xindex.html#XINDEX-SUPPORT" title="38.16.3. Index Method Support Routines">Section 38.16.3</a> for details of operator class support
22
+ functions.
23
+ </p><p>
24
+ Unlike the B-Tree checking functions which report corruption by raising
25
+ errors, the heap checking function <code class="function">verify_heapam</code> checks
26
+ a table and attempts to return a set of rows, one row per corruption
27
+ detected. Despite this, if facilities that
28
+ <code class="function">verify_heapam</code> relies upon are themselves corrupted, the
29
+ function may be unable to continue and may instead raise an error.
30
+ </p><p>
31
+ Permission to execute <code class="filename">amcheck</code> functions may be granted
32
+ to non-superusers, but before granting such permissions careful consideration
33
+ should be given to data security and privacy concerns. Although the
34
+ corruption reports generated by these functions do not focus on the contents
35
+ of the corrupted data so much as on the structure of that data and the nature
36
+ of the corruptions found, an attacker who gains permission to execute these
37
+ functions, particularly if the attacker can also induce corruption, might be
38
+ able to infer something of the data itself from such messages.
39
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="AMCHECK-FUNCTIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.2.1. Functions <a href="#AMCHECK-FUNCTIONS" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
40
+ <code class="function">bt_index_check(index regclass, heapallindexed boolean) returns void</code>
41
+ <a id="id-1.11.7.12.8.2.1.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
42
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
43
+ <code class="function">bt_index_check</code> tests that its target, a
44
+ B-Tree index, respects a variety of invariants. Example usage:
45
+ </p><pre class="screen">
46
+ test=# SELECT bt_index_check(index =&gt; c.oid, heapallindexed =&gt; i.indisunique),
47
+ c.relname,
48
+ c.relpages
49
+ FROM pg_index i
50
+ JOIN pg_opclass op ON i.indclass[0] = op.oid
51
+ JOIN pg_am am ON op.opcmethod = am.oid
52
+ JOIN pg_class c ON i.indexrelid = c.oid
53
+ JOIN pg_namespace n ON c.relnamespace = n.oid
54
+ WHERE am.amname = 'btree' AND n.nspname = 'pg_catalog'
55
+ -- Don't check temp tables, which may be from another session:
56
+ AND c.relpersistence != 't'
57
+ -- Function may throw an error when this is omitted:
58
+ AND c.relkind = 'i' AND i.indisready AND i.indisvalid
59
+ ORDER BY c.relpages DESC LIMIT 10;
60
+ bt_index_check | relname | relpages
61
+ ----------------+---------------------------------+----------
62
+ | pg_depend_reference_index | 43
63
+ | pg_depend_depender_index | 40
64
+ | pg_proc_proname_args_nsp_index | 31
65
+ | pg_description_o_c_o_index | 21
66
+ | pg_attribute_relid_attnam_index | 14
67
+ | pg_proc_oid_index | 10
68
+ | pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index | 9
69
+ | pg_amproc_fam_proc_index | 5
70
+ | pg_amop_opr_fam_index | 5
71
+ | pg_amop_fam_strat_index | 5
72
+ (10 rows)
73
+ </pre><p>
74
+ This example shows a session that performs verification of the
75
+ 10 largest catalog indexes in the database <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">test</span>”</span>.
76
+ Verification of the presence of heap tuples as index tuples is
77
+ requested for the subset that are unique indexes. Since no
78
+ error is raised, all indexes tested appear to be logically
79
+ consistent. Naturally, this query could easily be changed to
80
+ call <code class="function">bt_index_check</code> for every index in the
81
+ database where verification is supported.
82
+ </p><p>
83
+ <code class="function">bt_index_check</code> acquires an <code class="literal">AccessShareLock</code>
84
+ on the target index and the heap relation it belongs to. This lock mode
85
+ is the same lock mode acquired on relations by simple
86
+ <code class="literal">SELECT</code> statements.
87
+ <code class="function">bt_index_check</code> does not verify invariants
88
+ that span child/parent relationships, but will verify the
89
+ presence of all heap tuples as index tuples within the index
90
+ when <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em> is
91
+ <code class="literal">true</code>. When a routine, lightweight test for
92
+ corruption is required in a live production environment, using
93
+ <code class="function">bt_index_check</code> often provides the best
94
+ trade-off between thoroughness of verification and limiting the
95
+ impact on application performance and availability.
96
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">
97
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check(index regclass, heapallindexed boolean, rootdescend boolean) returns void</code>
98
+ <a id="id-1.11.7.12.8.2.2.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
99
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
100
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> tests that its
101
+ target, a B-Tree index, respects a variety of invariants.
102
+ Optionally, when the <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em>
103
+ argument is <code class="literal">true</code>, the function verifies the
104
+ presence of all heap tuples that should be found within the
105
+ index. When the optional <em class="parameter"><code>rootdescend</code></em>
106
+ argument is <code class="literal">true</code>, verification re-finds
107
+ tuples on the leaf level by performing a new search from the
108
+ root page for each tuple. The checks that can be performed by
109
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> are a superset of the
110
+ checks that can be performed by <code class="function">bt_index_check</code>.
111
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> can be thought of as
112
+ a more thorough variant of <code class="function">bt_index_check</code>:
113
+ unlike <code class="function">bt_index_check</code>,
114
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> also checks
115
+ invariants that span parent/child relationships, including checking
116
+ that there are no missing downlinks in the index structure.
117
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> follows the general
118
+ convention of raising an error if it finds a logical
119
+ inconsistency or other problem.
120
+ </p><p>
121
+ A <code class="literal">ShareLock</code> is required on the target index by
122
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> (a
123
+ <code class="literal">ShareLock</code> is also acquired on the heap relation).
124
+ These locks prevent concurrent data modification from
125
+ <code class="command">INSERT</code>, <code class="command">UPDATE</code>, and <code class="command">DELETE</code>
126
+ commands. The locks also prevent the underlying relation from
127
+ being concurrently processed by <code class="command">VACUUM</code>, as well as
128
+ all other utility commands. Note that the function holds locks
129
+ only while running, not for the entire transaction.
130
+ </p><p>
131
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code>'s additional
132
+ verification is more likely to detect various pathological
133
+ cases. These cases may involve an incorrectly implemented
134
+ B-Tree operator class used by the index that is checked, or,
135
+ hypothetically, undiscovered bugs in the underlying B-Tree index
136
+ access method code. Note that
137
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> cannot be used when
138
+ hot standby mode is enabled (i.e., on read-only physical
139
+ replicas), unlike <code class="function">bt_index_check</code>.
140
+ </p></dd></dl></div><div class="tip"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>
141
+ <code class="function">bt_index_check</code> and
142
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> both output log
143
+ messages about the verification process at
144
+ <code class="literal">DEBUG1</code> and <code class="literal">DEBUG2</code> severity
145
+ levels. These messages provide detailed information about the
146
+ verification process that may be of interest to
147
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> developers. Advanced users
148
+ may also find this information helpful, since it provides
149
+ additional context should verification actually detect an
150
+ inconsistency. Running:
151
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
152
+ SET client_min_messages = DEBUG1;
153
+ </pre><p>
154
+ in an interactive <span class="application">psql</span> session before
155
+ running a verification query will display messages about the
156
+ progress of verification with a manageable level of detail.
157
+ </p></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
158
+ <code class="function">
159
+ verify_heapam(relation regclass,
160
+ on_error_stop boolean,
161
+ check_toast boolean,
162
+ skip text,
163
+ startblock bigint,
164
+ endblock bigint,
165
+ blkno OUT bigint,
166
+ offnum OUT integer,
167
+ attnum OUT integer,
168
+ msg OUT text)
169
+ returns setof record
170
+ </code>
171
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
172
+ Checks a table, sequence, or materialized view for structural corruption,
173
+ where pages in the relation contain data that is invalidly formatted, and
174
+ for logical corruption, where pages are structurally valid but
175
+ inconsistent with the rest of the database cluster.
176
+ </p><p>
177
+ The following optional arguments are recognized:
178
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">on_error_stop</code></span></dt><dd><p>
179
+ If true, corruption checking stops at the end of the first block in
180
+ which any corruptions are found.
181
+ </p><p>
182
+ Defaults to false.
183
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">check_toast</code></span></dt><dd><p>
184
+ If true, toasted values are checked against the target relation's
185
+ TOAST table.
186
+ </p><p>
187
+ This option is known to be slow. Also, if the toast table or its
188
+ index is corrupt, checking it against toast values could conceivably
189
+ crash the server, although in many cases this would just produce an
190
+ error.
191
+ </p><p>
192
+ Defaults to false.
193
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">skip</code></span></dt><dd><p>
194
+ If not <code class="literal">none</code>, corruption checking skips blocks that
195
+ are marked as all-visible or all-frozen, as specified.
196
+ Valid options are <code class="literal">all-visible</code>,
197
+ <code class="literal">all-frozen</code> and <code class="literal">none</code>.
198
+ </p><p>
199
+ Defaults to <code class="literal">none</code>.
200
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">startblock</code></span></dt><dd><p>
201
+ If specified, corruption checking begins at the specified block,
202
+ skipping all previous blocks. It is an error to specify a
203
+ <em class="parameter"><code>startblock</code></em> outside the range of blocks in the
204
+ target table.
205
+ </p><p>
206
+ By default, checking begins at the first block.
207
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">endblock</code></span></dt><dd><p>
208
+ If specified, corruption checking ends at the specified block,
209
+ skipping all remaining blocks. It is an error to specify an
210
+ <em class="parameter"><code>endblock</code></em> outside the range of blocks in the target
211
+ table.
212
+ </p><p>
213
+ By default, all blocks are checked.
214
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
215
+ For each corruption detected, <code class="function">verify_heapam</code> returns
216
+ a row with the following columns:
217
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">blkno</code></span></dt><dd><p>
218
+ The number of the block containing the corrupt page.
219
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">offnum</code></span></dt><dd><p>
220
+ The OffsetNumber of the corrupt tuple.
221
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">attnum</code></span></dt><dd><p>
222
+ The attribute number of the corrupt column in the tuple, if the
223
+ corruption is specific to a column and not the tuple as a whole.
224
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">msg</code></span></dt><dd><p>
225
+ A message describing the problem detected.
226
+ </p></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" id="AMCHECK-OPTIONAL-HEAPALLINDEXED-VERIFICATION"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.2.2. Optional <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em> Verification <a href="#AMCHECK-OPTIONAL-HEAPALLINDEXED-VERIFICATION" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
227
+ When the <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em> argument to B-Tree
228
+ verification functions is <code class="literal">true</code>, an additional
229
+ phase of verification is performed against the table associated with
230
+ the target index relation. This consists of a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">dummy</span>”</span>
231
+ <code class="command">CREATE INDEX</code> operation, which checks for the
232
+ presence of all hypothetical new index tuples against a temporary,
233
+ in-memory summarizing structure (this is built when needed during
234
+ the basic first phase of verification). The summarizing structure
235
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">fingerprints</span>”</span> every tuple found within the target
236
+ index. The high level principle behind
237
+ <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em> verification is that a new
238
+ index that is equivalent to the existing, target index must only
239
+ have entries that can be found in the existing structure.
240
+ </p><p>
241
+ The additional <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em> phase adds
242
+ significant overhead: verification will typically take several times
243
+ longer. However, there is no change to the relation-level locks
244
+ acquired when <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em> verification is
245
+ performed.
246
+ </p><p>
247
+ The summarizing structure is bound in size by
248
+ <code class="varname">maintenance_work_mem</code>. In order to ensure that
249
+ there is no more than a 2% probability of failure to detect an
250
+ inconsistency for each heap tuple that should be represented in the
251
+ index, approximately 2 bytes of memory are needed per tuple. As
252
+ less memory is made available per tuple, the probability of missing
253
+ an inconsistency slowly increases. This approach limits the
254
+ overhead of verification significantly, while only slightly reducing
255
+ the probability of detecting a problem, especially for installations
256
+ where verification is treated as a routine maintenance task. Any
257
+ single absent or malformed tuple has a new opportunity to be
258
+ detected with each new verification attempt.
259
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="AMCHECK-USING-AMCHECK-EFFECTIVELY"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.2.3. Using <code class="filename">amcheck</code> Effectively <a href="#AMCHECK-USING-AMCHECK-EFFECTIVELY" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
260
+ <code class="filename">amcheck</code> can be effective at detecting various types of
261
+ failure modes that <a class="link" href="app-initdb.html#APP-INITDB-DATA-CHECKSUMS"><span class="application">data
262
+ checksums</span></a> will fail to catch. These include:
263
+
264
+ </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
265
+ Structural inconsistencies caused by incorrect operator class
266
+ implementations.
267
+ </p><p>
268
+ This includes issues caused by the comparison rules of operating
269
+ system collations changing. Comparisons of datums of a collatable
270
+ type like <code class="type">text</code> must be immutable (just as all
271
+ comparisons used for B-Tree index scans must be immutable), which
272
+ implies that operating system collation rules must never change.
273
+ Though rare, updates to operating system collation rules can
274
+ cause these issues. More commonly, an inconsistency in the
275
+ collation order between a primary server and a standby server is
276
+ implicated, possibly because the <span class="emphasis"><em>major</em></span> operating
277
+ system version in use is inconsistent. Such inconsistencies will
278
+ generally only arise on standby servers, and so can generally
279
+ only be detected on standby servers.
280
+ </p><p>
281
+ If a problem like this arises, it may not affect each individual
282
+ index that is ordered using an affected collation, simply because
283
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>indexed</em></span> values might happen to have the same
284
+ absolute ordering regardless of the behavioral inconsistency. See
285
+ <a class="xref" href="locale.html" title="24.1. Locale Support">Section 24.1</a> and <a class="xref" href="collation.html" title="24.2. Collation Support">Section 24.2</a> for
286
+ further details about how <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> uses
287
+ operating system locales and collations.
288
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
289
+ Structural inconsistencies between indexes and the heap relations
290
+ that are indexed (when <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em>
291
+ verification is performed).
292
+ </p><p>
293
+ There is no cross-checking of indexes against their heap relation
294
+ during normal operation. Symptoms of heap corruption can be subtle.
295
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
296
+ Corruption caused by hypothetical undiscovered bugs in the
297
+ underlying <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> access method
298
+ code, sort code, or transaction management code.
299
+ </p><p>
300
+ Automatic verification of the structural integrity of indexes
301
+ plays a role in the general testing of new or proposed
302
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> features that could plausibly allow a
303
+ logical inconsistency to be introduced. Verification of table
304
+ structure and associated visibility and transaction status
305
+ information plays a similar role. One obvious testing strategy
306
+ is to call <code class="filename">amcheck</code> functions continuously
307
+ when running the standard regression tests. See <a class="xref" href="regress-run.html" title="33.1. Running the Tests">Section 33.1</a> for details on running the tests.
308
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
309
+ File system or storage subsystem faults where checksums happen to
310
+ simply not be enabled.
311
+ </p><p>
312
+ Note that <code class="filename">amcheck</code> examines a page as represented in some
313
+ shared memory buffer at the time of verification if there is only a
314
+ shared buffer hit when accessing the block. Consequently,
315
+ <code class="filename">amcheck</code> does not necessarily examine data read from the
316
+ file system at the time of verification. Note that when checksums are
317
+ enabled, <code class="filename">amcheck</code> may raise an error due to a checksum
318
+ failure when a corrupt block is read into a buffer.
319
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
320
+ Corruption caused by faulty RAM, or the broader memory subsystem.
321
+ </p><p>
322
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> does not protect against correctable
323
+ memory errors and it is assumed you will operate using RAM that
324
+ uses industry standard Error Correcting Codes (ECC) or better
325
+ protection. However, ECC memory is typically only immune to
326
+ single-bit errors, and should not be assumed to provide
327
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>absolute</em></span> protection against failures that
328
+ result in memory corruption.
329
+ </p><p>
330
+ When <em class="parameter"><code>heapallindexed</code></em> verification is
331
+ performed, there is generally a greatly increased chance of
332
+ detecting single-bit errors, since strict binary equality is
333
+ tested, and the indexed attributes within the heap are tested.
334
+ </p></li></ul></div><p>
335
+ </p><p>
336
+ Structural corruption can happen due to faulty storage hardware, or
337
+ relation files being overwritten or modified by unrelated software.
338
+ This kind of corruption can also be detected with
339
+ <a class="link" href="checksums.html" title="30.2. Data Checksums"><span class="application">data page
340
+ checksums</span></a>.
341
+ </p><p>
342
+ Relation pages which are correctly formatted, internally consistent, and
343
+ correct relative to their own internal checksums may still contain
344
+ logical corruption. As such, this kind of corruption cannot be detected
345
+ with <span class="application">checksums</span>. Examples include toasted
346
+ values in the main table which lack a corresponding entry in the toast
347
+ table, and tuples in the main table with a Transaction ID that is older
348
+ than the oldest valid Transaction ID in the database or cluster.
349
+ </p><p>
350
+ Multiple causes of logical corruption have been observed in production
351
+ systems, including bugs in the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
352
+ server software, faulty and ill-conceived backup and restore tools, and
353
+ user error.
354
+ </p><p>
355
+ Corrupt relations are most concerning in live production environments,
356
+ precisely the same environments where high risk activities are least
357
+ welcome. For this reason, <code class="function">verify_heapam</code> has been
358
+ designed to diagnose corruption without undue risk. It cannot guard
359
+ against all causes of backend crashes, as even executing the calling
360
+ query could be unsafe on a badly corrupted system. Access to <a class="link" href="catalogs-overview.html" title="53.1. Overview">catalog tables</a> is performed and could
361
+ be problematic if the catalogs themselves are corrupted.
362
+ </p><p>
363
+ In general, <code class="filename">amcheck</code> can only prove the presence of
364
+ corruption; it cannot prove its absence.
365
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="AMCHECK-REPAIRING-CORRUPTION"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.2.4. Repairing Corruption <a href="#AMCHECK-REPAIRING-CORRUPTION" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
366
+ No error concerning corruption raised by <code class="filename">amcheck</code> should
367
+ ever be a false positive. <code class="filename">amcheck</code> raises
368
+ errors in the event of conditions that, by definition, should never
369
+ happen, and so careful analysis of <code class="filename">amcheck</code>
370
+ errors is often required.
371
+ </p><p>
372
+ There is no general method of repairing problems that
373
+ <code class="filename">amcheck</code> detects. An explanation for the root cause of
374
+ an invariant violation should be sought. <a class="xref" href="pageinspect.html" title="F.25. pageinspect — low-level inspection of database pages">pageinspect</a> may play a useful role in diagnosing
375
+ corruption that <code class="filename">amcheck</code> detects. A <code class="command">REINDEX</code>
376
+ may not be effective in repairing corruption.
377
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="adminpack.html" title="F.1. adminpack — pgAdmin support toolpack">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-delay.html" title="F.3. auth_delay — pause on authentication failure">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">F.1. adminpack — pgAdmin support toolpack </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> F.3. auth_delay — pause on authentication failure</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>clusterdb</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications" /><link rel="next" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">clusterdb</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-CLUSTERDB"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.3.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">clusterdb</span></span></h2><p>clusterdb — cluster a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.3.4.1"><code class="command">clusterdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [ <code class="option">--verbose</code> | <code class="option">-v</code> ]
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+ [
4
+ <code class="option">--table</code> | <code class="option">-t</code>
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+ <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em>
6
+ ]
7
+ ... [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.3.4.2"><code class="command">clusterdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [ <code class="option">--verbose</code> | <code class="option">-v</code> ] <code class="option">--all</code> | <code class="option">-a</code> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
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+ <span class="application">clusterdb</span> is a utility for reclustering tables
9
+ in a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database. It finds tables
10
+ that have previously been clustered, and clusters them again on the same
11
+ index that was last used. Tables that have never been clustered are not
12
+ affected.
13
+ </p><p>
14
+ <span class="application">clusterdb</span> is a wrapper around the SQL
15
+ command <a class="xref" href="sql-cluster.html" title="CLUSTER"><span class="refentrytitle">CLUSTER</span></a>.
16
+ There is no effective difference between clustering databases via
17
+ this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
18
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
19
+ <span class="application">clusterdb</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
20
+
21
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--all</code></span></dt><dd><p>
22
+ Cluster all databases.
23
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">-d</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">--dbname=</span>]<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
24
+ Specifies the name of the database to be clustered,
25
+ when <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is not used.
26
+ If this is not specified, the database name is read
27
+ from the environment variable <code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code>. If
28
+ that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
29
+ used. The <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>. If so,
30
+ connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
31
+ line options.
32
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
33
+ Echo the commands that <span class="application">clusterdb</span> generates
34
+ and sends to the server.
35
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt><dd><p>
36
+ Do not display progress messages.
37
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--table=<em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
38
+ Cluster <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em> only.
39
+ Multiple tables can be clustered by writing multiple
40
+ <code class="option">-t</code> switches.
41
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
42
+ Print detailed information during processing.
43
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
44
+ Print the <span class="application">clusterdb</span> version and exit.
45
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
46
+ Show help about <span class="application">clusterdb</span> command line
47
+ arguments, and exit.
48
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
49
+ </p><p>
50
+ <span class="application">clusterdb</span> also accepts
51
+ the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
52
+
53
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
54
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
55
+ running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
56
+ directory for the Unix domain socket.
57
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
58
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
59
+ extension on which the server
60
+ is listening for connections.
61
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
62
+ User name to connect as.
63
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
65
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
66
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
67
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
68
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
69
+ password.
70
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
71
+ Force <span class="application">clusterdb</span> to prompt for a
72
+ password before connecting to a database.
73
+ </p><p>
74
+ This option is never essential, since
75
+ <span class="application">clusterdb</span> will automatically prompt
76
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
77
+ However, <span class="application">clusterdb</span> will waste a
78
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
79
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
80
+ connection attempt.
81
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maintenance-db=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
82
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to to discover which
83
+ databases should be clustered,
84
+ when <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is used.
85
+ If not specified, the <code class="literal">postgres</code> database will be used,
86
+ or if that does not exist, <code class="literal">template1</code> will be used.
87
+ This can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection
88
+ string</a>. If so, connection string parameters will override any
89
+ conflicting command line options. Also, connection string parameters
90
+ other than the database name itself will be re-used when connecting
91
+ to other databases.
92
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
93
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
94
+ Default connection parameters
95
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
96
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
97
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
98
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
99
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
100
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
101
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
102
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
103
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
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+ In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-cluster.html" title="CLUSTER"><span class="refentrytitle">CLUSTER</span></a>
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+ and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
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+ discussions of potential problems and error messages.
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+ The database server must be running at the
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+ targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
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+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
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+ library will apply.
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+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
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+ To cluster the database <code class="literal">test</code>:
113
+ </p><pre class="screen">
114
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>clusterdb test</code></strong>
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+ </pre><p>
116
+ </p><p>
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+ To cluster a single table
118
+ <code class="literal">foo</code> in a database named
119
+ <code class="literal">xyzzy</code>:
120
+ </p><pre class="screen">
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+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>clusterdb --table=foo xyzzy</code></strong>
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+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.3.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-cluster.html" title="CLUSTER"><span class="refentrytitle">CLUSTER</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">PostgreSQL Client Applications </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">createdb</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>createdb</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-clusterdb.html" title="clusterdb" /><link rel="next" href="app-createuser.html" title="createuser" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">createdb</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-clusterdb.html" title="clusterdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-createuser.html" title="createuser">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-CREATEDB"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.4.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">createdb</span></span></h2><p>createdb — create a new <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.4.4.1"><code class="command">createdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>
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+ [<em class="replaceable"><code>description</code></em>]]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="R1-APP-CREATEDB-1"><h2>Description</h2><p>
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+ <span class="application">createdb</span> creates a new <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
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+ database.
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+ </p><p>
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+ Normally, the database user who executes this command becomes the owner of
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+ the new database.
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+ However, a different owner can be specified via the <code class="option">-O</code>
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+ option, if the executing user has appropriate privileges.
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+ </p><p>
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+ <span class="application">createdb</span> is a wrapper around the
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+ <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> command <a class="link" href="sql-createdatabase.html" title="CREATE DATABASE"><code class="command">CREATE DATABASE</code></a>.
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+ There is no effective difference between creating databases via
15
+ this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
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+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.4.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
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+ <span class="application">createdb</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
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+
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+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Specifies the name of the database to be created. The name must be
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+ unique among all <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> databases in this cluster.
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+ The default is to create a database with the same name as the
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+ current system user.
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>description</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
25
+ Specifies a comment to be associated with the newly created
26
+ database.
27
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>tablespace</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--tablespace=<em class="replaceable"><code>tablespace</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Specifies the default tablespace for the database. (This name
29
+ is processed as a double-quoted identifier.)
30
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
31
+ Echo the commands that <span class="application">createdb</span> generates
32
+ and sends to the server.
33
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--encoding=<em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Specifies the character encoding scheme to be used in this
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+ database. The character sets supported by the
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+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server are described in
37
+ <a class="xref" href="multibyte.html#MULTIBYTE-CHARSET-SUPPORTED" title="24.3.1. Supported Character Sets">Section 24.3.1</a>.
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--locale=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
39
+ Specifies the locale to be used in this database. This is equivalent
40
+ to specifying <code class="option">--lc-collate</code>,
41
+ <code class="option">--lc-ctype</code>, and <code class="option">--icu-locale</code> to the
42
+ same value. Some locales are only valid for ICU and must be set with
43
+ <code class="option">--icu-locale</code>.
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-collate=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
45
+ Specifies the LC_COLLATE setting to be used in this database.
46
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-ctype=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
47
+ Specifies the LC_CTYPE setting to be used in this database.
48
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--icu-locale=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
49
+ Specifies the ICU locale ID to be used in this database, if the
50
+ ICU locale provider is selected.
51
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--icu-rules=<em class="replaceable"><code>rules</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
52
+ Specifies additional collation rules to customize the behavior of the
53
+ default collation of this database. This is supported for ICU only.
54
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--locale-provider={<code class="literal">libc</code>|<code class="literal">icu</code>}</code></span></dt><dd><p>
55
+ Specifies the locale provider for the database's default collation.
56
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-O <em class="replaceable"><code>owner</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--owner=<em class="replaceable"><code>owner</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
57
+ Specifies the database user who will own the new database.
58
+ (This name is processed as a double-quoted identifier.)
59
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>strategy</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--strategy=<em class="replaceable"><code>strategy</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
60
+ Specifies the database creation strategy. See
61
+ <a class="xref" href="sql-createdatabase.html#CREATE-DATABASE-STRATEGY">CREATE DATABASE STRATEGY</a> for more details.
62
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>template</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--template=<em class="replaceable"><code>template</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
63
+ Specifies the template database from which to build this
64
+ database. (This name is processed as a double-quoted identifier.)
65
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
66
+ Print the <span class="application">createdb</span> version and exit.
67
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
68
+ Show help about <span class="application">createdb</span> command line
69
+ arguments, and exit.
70
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
71
+ </p><p>
72
+ The options <code class="option">-D</code>, <code class="option">-l</code>, <code class="option">-E</code>,
73
+ <code class="option">-O</code>, and
74
+ <code class="option">-T</code> correspond to options of the underlying
75
+ SQL command <a class="link" href="sql-createdatabase.html" title="CREATE DATABASE"><code class="command">CREATE DATABASE</code></a>; see there for more information
76
+ about them.
77
+ </p><p>
78
+ <span class="application">createdb</span> also accepts the following
79
+ command-line arguments for connection parameters:
80
+
81
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
82
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
83
+ server is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
84
+ as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
85
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
86
+ Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix domain socket file
87
+ extension on which the server is listening for connections.
88
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
89
+ User name to connect as.
90
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
91
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
92
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
93
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
94
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
95
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
96
+ password.
97
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
98
+ Force <span class="application">createdb</span> to prompt for a
99
+ password before connecting to a database.
100
+ </p><p>
101
+ This option is never essential, since
102
+ <span class="application">createdb</span> will automatically prompt
103
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
104
+ However, <span class="application">createdb</span> will waste a
105
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
106
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
107
+ connection attempt.
108
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maintenance-db=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
109
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to when creating the
110
+ new database. If not specified, the <code class="literal">postgres</code>
111
+ database will be used; if that does not exist (or if it is the name
112
+ of the new database being created), <code class="literal">template1</code> will
113
+ be used.
114
+ This can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection
115
+ string</a>. If so, connection string parameters will override any
116
+ conflicting command line options.
117
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
118
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.4.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
119
+ If set, the name of the database to create, unless overridden on
120
+ the command line.
121
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
122
+ Default connection parameters. <code class="envar">PGUSER</code> also
123
+ determines the name of the database to create, if it is not
124
+ specified on the command line or by <code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code>.
125
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
126
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
127
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
128
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
129
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
130
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
131
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
132
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
133
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.4.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
134
+ In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-createdatabase.html" title="CREATE DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE DATABASE</span></a>
135
+ and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
136
+ discussions of potential problems and error messages.
137
+ The database server must be running at the
138
+ targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
139
+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
140
+ library will apply.
141
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.4.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
142
+ To create the database <code class="literal">demo</code> using the default
143
+ database server:
144
+ </p><pre class="screen">
145
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>createdb demo</code></strong>
146
+ </pre><p>
147
+ </p><p>
148
+ To create the database <code class="literal">demo</code> using the
149
+ server on host <code class="literal">eden</code>, port 5000, using the
150
+ <code class="literal">template0</code> template database, here is the
151
+ command-line command and the underlying SQL command:
152
+ </p><pre class="screen">
153
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>createdb -p 5000 -h eden -T template0 -e demo</code></strong>
154
+ <code class="computeroutput">CREATE DATABASE demo TEMPLATE template0;</code>
155
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.4.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">dropdb</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-createdatabase.html" title="CREATE DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE DATABASE</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-clusterdb.html" title="clusterdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-createuser.html" title="createuser">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">clusterdb</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">createuser</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>createuser</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb" /><link rel="next" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">createuser</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-CREATEUSER"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.5.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">createuser</span></span></h2><p>createuser — define a new <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user account</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.5.4.1"><code class="command">createuser</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.5.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
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+ <span class="application">createuser</span> creates a
4
+ new <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user (or more precisely, a role).
5
+ Only superusers and users with <code class="literal">CREATEROLE</code> privilege can create
6
+ new users, so <span class="application">createuser</span> must be
7
+ invoked by someone who can connect as a superuser or a user with
8
+ <code class="literal">CREATEROLE</code> privilege.
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ If you wish to create a role with the <code class="literal">SUPERUSER</code>,
11
+ <code class="literal">REPLICATION</code>, or <code class="literal">BYPASSRLS</code> privilege,
12
+ you must connect as a superuser, not merely with
13
+ <code class="literal">CREATEROLE</code> privilege.
14
+ Being a superuser implies the ability to bypass all access permission
15
+ checks within the database, so superuser access should not be granted
16
+ lightly. <code class="literal">CREATEROLE</code> also conveys
17
+ <a class="link" href="role-attributes.html#ROLE-CREATION">very extensive privileges</a>.
18
+ </p><p>
19
+ <span class="application">createuser</span> is a wrapper around the
20
+ <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> command <a class="link" href="sql-createrole.html" title="CREATE ROLE"><code class="command">CREATE ROLE</code></a>.
21
+ There is no effective difference between creating users via
22
+ this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
23
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.5.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
24
+ <span class="application">createuser</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
25
+
26
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
27
+ Specifies the name of the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user
28
+ to be created.
29
+ This name must be different from all existing roles in this
30
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> installation.
31
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a <em class="replaceable"><code>role</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-admin=<em class="replaceable"><code>role</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
32
+ Specifies an existing role that will be automatically added as a member of the new
33
+ role with admin option, giving it the right to grant membership in the
34
+ new role to others. Multiple existing roles can be specified by
35
+ writing multiple <code class="option">-a</code> switches.
36
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--connection-limit=<em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
37
+ Set a maximum number of connections for the new user.
38
+ The default is to set no limit.
39
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--createdb</code></span></dt><dd><p>
40
+ The new user will be allowed to create databases.
41
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-createdb</code></span></dt><dd><p>
42
+ The new user will not be allowed to create databases. This is the
43
+ default.
44
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
45
+ Echo the commands that <span class="application">createuser</span> generates
46
+ and sends to the server.
47
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-E</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--encrypted</code></span></dt><dd><p>
48
+ This option is obsolete but still accepted for backward
49
+ compatibility.
50
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-g <em class="replaceable"><code>role</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--member-of=<em class="replaceable"><code>role</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--role=<em class="replaceable"><code>role</code></em></code> (deprecated)</span></dt><dd><p>
51
+ Specifies the new role should be automatically added as a member
52
+ of the specified existing role. Multiple existing roles can be
53
+ specified by writing multiple <code class="option">-g</code> switches.
54
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--inherit</code></span></dt><dd><p>
55
+ The new role will automatically inherit privileges of roles
56
+ it is a member of.
57
+ This is the default.
58
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-I</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-inherit</code></span></dt><dd><p>
59
+ The new role will not automatically inherit privileges of roles
60
+ it is a member of.
61
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--interactive</code></span></dt><dd><p>
62
+ Prompt for the user name if none is specified on the command line, and
63
+ also prompt for whichever of the options
64
+ <code class="option">-d</code>/<code class="option">-D</code>,
65
+ <code class="option">-r</code>/<code class="option">-R</code>,
66
+ <code class="option">-s</code>/<code class="option">-S</code> is not specified on the command
67
+ line. (This was the default behavior up to PostgreSQL 9.1.)
68
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--login</code></span></dt><dd><p>
69
+ The new user will be allowed to log in (that is, the user name
70
+ can be used as the initial session user identifier).
71
+ This is the default.
72
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-L</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-login</code></span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ The new user will not be allowed to log in.
74
+ (A role without login privilege is still useful as a means of
75
+ managing database permissions.)
76
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>role</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--with-member=<em class="replaceable"><code>role</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
77
+ Specifies an existing role that will be automatically
78
+ added as a member of the new role. Multiple existing roles can
79
+ be specified by writing multiple <code class="option">-m</code> switches.
80
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--pwprompt</code></span></dt><dd><p>
81
+ If given, <span class="application">createuser</span> will issue a prompt for
82
+ the password of the new user. This is not necessary if you do not plan
83
+ on using password authentication.
84
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-r</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--createrole</code></span></dt><dd><p>
85
+ The new user will be allowed to create, alter, drop, comment on,
86
+ change the security label for other roles; that is,
87
+ this user will have <code class="literal">CREATEROLE</code> privilege.
88
+ See <a class="xref" href="role-attributes.html#ROLE-CREATION">role creation</a> for more details about what
89
+ capabilities are conferred by this privilege.
90
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-R</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-createrole</code></span></dt><dd><p>
91
+ The new user will not be allowed to create new roles. This is the
92
+ default.
93
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--superuser</code></span></dt><dd><p>
94
+ The new user will be a superuser.
95
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-superuser</code></span></dt><dd><p>
96
+ The new user will not be a superuser. This is the default.
97
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v <em class="replaceable"><code>timestamp</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--valid-until=<em class="replaceable"><code>timestamp</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
98
+ Set a date and time after which the role's password is no longer valid.
99
+ The default is to set no password expiry date.
100
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
101
+ Print the <span class="application">createuser</span> version and exit.
102
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--bypassrls</code></span></dt><dd><p>
103
+ The new user will bypass every row-level security (RLS) policy.
104
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-bypassrls</code></span></dt><dd><p>
105
+ The new user will not bypass row-level security (RLS) policies. This is
106
+ the default.
107
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--replication</code></span></dt><dd><p>
108
+ The new user will have the <code class="literal">REPLICATION</code> privilege,
109
+ which is described more fully in the documentation for <a class="xref" href="sql-createrole.html" title="CREATE ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE ROLE</span></a>.
110
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-replication</code></span></dt><dd><p>
111
+ The new user will not have the <code class="literal">REPLICATION</code>
112
+ privilege, which is described more fully in the documentation for <a class="xref" href="sql-createrole.html" title="CREATE ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE ROLE</span></a>. This is the default.
113
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
114
+ Show help about <span class="application">createuser</span> command line
115
+ arguments, and exit.
116
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
117
+ </p><p>
118
+ <span class="application">createuser</span> also accepts the following
119
+ command-line arguments for connection parameters:
120
+
121
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
122
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
123
+ server
124
+ is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
125
+ as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
126
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
127
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
128
+ extension on which the server
129
+ is listening for connections.
130
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
131
+ User name to connect as (not the user name to create).
132
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
133
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
134
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
135
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
136
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
137
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
138
+ password.
139
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
140
+ Force <span class="application">createuser</span> to prompt for a
141
+ password (for connecting to the server, not for the
142
+ password of the new user).
143
+ </p><p>
144
+ This option is never essential, since
145
+ <span class="application">createuser</span> will automatically prompt
146
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
147
+ However, <span class="application">createuser</span> will waste a
148
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
149
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
150
+ connection attempt.
151
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
152
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.5.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
153
+ Default connection parameters
154
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
155
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
156
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
157
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
158
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
159
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
160
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
161
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
162
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.5.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
163
+ In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-createrole.html" title="CREATE ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE ROLE</span></a>
164
+ and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
165
+ discussions of potential problems and error messages.
166
+ The database server must be running at the
167
+ targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
168
+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
169
+ library will apply.
170
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.5.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
171
+ To create a user <code class="literal">joe</code> on the default database
172
+ server:
173
+ </p><pre class="screen">
174
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>createuser joe</code></strong>
175
+ </pre><p>
176
+ </p><p>
177
+ To create a user <code class="literal">joe</code> on the default database
178
+ server with prompting for some additional attributes:
179
+ </p><pre class="screen">
180
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>createuser --interactive joe</code></strong>
181
+ <code class="computeroutput">Shall the new role be a superuser? (y/n) </code><strong class="userinput"><code>n</code></strong>
182
+ <code class="computeroutput">Shall the new role be allowed to create databases? (y/n) </code><strong class="userinput"><code>n</code></strong>
183
+ <code class="computeroutput">Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) </code><strong class="userinput"><code>n</code></strong>
184
+ </pre><p>
185
+ </p><p>
186
+ To create the same user <code class="literal">joe</code> using the
187
+ server on host <code class="literal">eden</code>, port 5000, with attributes explicitly specified,
188
+ taking a look at the underlying command:
189
+ </p><pre class="screen">
190
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>createuser -h eden -p 5000 -S -D -R -e joe</code></strong>
191
+ <code class="computeroutput">CREATE ROLE joe NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;</code>
192
+ </pre><p>
193
+ </p><p>
194
+ To create the user <code class="literal">joe</code> as a superuser,
195
+ and assign a password immediately:
196
+ </p><pre class="screen">
197
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>createuser -P -s -e joe</code></strong>
198
+ <code class="computeroutput">Enter password for new role: </code><strong class="userinput"><code>xyzzy</code></strong>
199
+ <code class="computeroutput">Enter it again: </code><strong class="userinput"><code>xyzzy</code></strong>
200
+ <code class="computeroutput">CREATE ROLE joe PASSWORD 'md5b5f5ba1a423792b526f799ae4eb3d59e' SUPERUSER CREATEDB CREATEROLE INHERIT LOGIN;</code>
201
+ </pre><p>
202
+ In the above example, the new password isn't actually echoed when typed,
203
+ but we show what was typed for clarity. As you see, the password is
204
+ encrypted before it is sent to the client.
205
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.5.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">dropuser</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-createrole.html" title="CREATE ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE ROLE</span></a>, <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-CREATEROLE-SELF-GRANT">createrole_self_grant</a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">createdb</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">dropdb</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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1
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
2
+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>dropdb</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-createuser.html" title="createuser" /><link rel="next" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">dropdb</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-createuser.html" title="createuser">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-DROPDB"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.6.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">dropdb</span></span></h2><p>dropdb — remove a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.6.4.1"><code class="command">dropdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.6.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <span class="application">dropdb</span> destroys an existing
4
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database.
5
+ The user who executes this command must be a database
6
+ superuser or the owner of the database.
7
+ </p><p>
8
+ <span class="application">dropdb</span> is a wrapper around the
9
+ <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> command <a class="link" href="sql-dropdatabase.html" title="DROP DATABASE"><code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code></a>.
10
+ There is no effective difference between dropping databases via
11
+ this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
12
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.6.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
13
+ <span class="application">dropdb</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
14
+
15
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
16
+ Specifies the name of the database to be removed.
17
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
18
+ Echo the commands that <span class="application">dropdb</span> generates
19
+ and sends to the server.
20
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--force</code></span></dt><dd><p>
21
+ Attempt to terminate all existing connections to the target database
22
+ before dropping it. See <a class="xref" href="sql-dropdatabase.html" title="DROP DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP DATABASE</span></a> for more
23
+ information on this option.
24
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--interactive</code></span></dt><dd><p>
25
+ Issues a verification prompt before doing anything destructive.
26
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
27
+ Print the <span class="application">dropdb</span> version and exit.
28
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--if-exists</code></span></dt><dd><p>
29
+ Do not throw an error if the database does not exist. A notice is issued
30
+ in this case.
31
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
32
+ Show help about <span class="application">dropdb</span> command line
33
+ arguments, and exit.
34
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
35
+
36
+ </p><p>
37
+ <span class="application">dropdb</span> also accepts the following
38
+ command-line arguments for connection parameters:
39
+
40
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
41
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
42
+ server
43
+ is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
44
+ as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
45
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
46
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
47
+ extension on which the server
48
+ is listening for connections.
49
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
50
+ User name to connect as.
51
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
52
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
53
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
54
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
55
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
56
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
57
+ password.
58
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
59
+ Force <span class="application">dropdb</span> to prompt for a
60
+ password before connecting to a database.
61
+ </p><p>
62
+ This option is never essential, since
63
+ <span class="application">dropdb</span> will automatically prompt
64
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
65
+ However, <span class="application">dropdb</span> will waste a
66
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
67
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
68
+ connection attempt.
69
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maintenance-db=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
70
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to in order to drop the
71
+ target database. If not specified, the <code class="literal">postgres</code>
72
+ database will be used; if that does not exist (or is the database
73
+ being dropped), <code class="literal">template1</code> will be used.
74
+ This can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection
75
+ string</a>. If so, connection string parameters will override any
76
+ conflicting command line options.
77
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
78
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.6.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
79
+ Default connection parameters
80
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
81
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
82
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
83
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
84
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
85
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
86
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
87
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
88
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.6.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
89
+ In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-dropdatabase.html" title="DROP DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP DATABASE</span></a>
90
+ and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
91
+ discussions of potential problems and error messages.
92
+ The database server must be running at the
93
+ targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
94
+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
95
+ library will apply.
96
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.6.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
97
+ To destroy the database <code class="literal">demo</code> on the default
98
+ database server:
99
+ </p><pre class="screen">
100
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>dropdb demo</code></strong>
101
+ </pre><p>
102
+ </p><p>
103
+ To destroy the database <code class="literal">demo</code> using the
104
+ server on host <code class="literal">eden</code>, port 5000, with verification and a peek
105
+ at the underlying command:
106
+ </p><pre class="screen">
107
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>dropdb -p 5000 -h eden -i -e demo</code></strong>
108
+ <code class="computeroutput">Database "demo" will be permanently deleted.
109
+ Are you sure? (y/n) </code><strong class="userinput"><code>y</code></strong>
110
+ <code class="computeroutput">DROP DATABASE demo;</code>
111
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.6.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-createdb.html" title="createdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">createdb</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-dropdatabase.html" title="DROP DATABASE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP DATABASE</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-createuser.html" title="createuser">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">createuser</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">dropuser</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>dropuser</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb" /><link rel="next" href="app-ecpg.html" title="ecpg" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">dropuser</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-ecpg.html" title="ecpg">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-DROPUSER"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.7.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">dropuser</span></span></h2><p>dropuser — remove a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user account</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.7.4.1"><code class="command">dropuser</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.7.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <span class="application">dropuser</span> removes an existing
4
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user.
5
+ Superusers can use this command to remove any role; otherwise, only
6
+ non-superuser roles can be removed, and only by a user who possesses
7
+ the <code class="literal">CREATEROLE</code> privilege and has been granted
8
+ <code class="literal">ADMIN OPTION</code> on the target role.
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ <span class="application">dropuser</span> is a wrapper around the
11
+ <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> command <a class="link" href="sql-droprole.html" title="DROP ROLE"><code class="command">DROP ROLE</code></a>.
12
+ There is no effective difference between dropping users via
13
+ this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
14
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.7.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
15
+ <span class="application">dropuser</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
16
+
17
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
18
+ Specifies the name of the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user to be removed.
19
+ You will be prompted for a name if none is specified on the command
20
+ line and the <code class="option">-i</code>/<code class="option">--interactive</code> option
21
+ is used.
22
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
23
+ Echo the commands that <span class="application">dropuser</span> generates
24
+ and sends to the server.
25
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--interactive</code></span></dt><dd><p>
26
+ Prompt for confirmation before actually removing the user, and prompt
27
+ for the user name if none is specified on the command line.
28
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
29
+ Print the <span class="application">dropuser</span> version and exit.
30
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--if-exists</code></span></dt><dd><p>
31
+ Do not throw an error if the user does not exist. A notice is
32
+ issued in this case.
33
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
34
+ Show help about <span class="application">dropuser</span> command line
35
+ arguments, and exit.
36
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
37
+ </p><p>
38
+ <span class="application">dropuser</span> also accepts the following
39
+ command-line arguments for connection parameters:
40
+
41
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
42
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
43
+ server
44
+ is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
45
+ as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
46
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
47
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
48
+ extension on which the server
49
+ is listening for connections.
50
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
51
+ User name to connect as (not the user name to drop).
52
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
53
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
54
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
55
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
56
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
57
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
58
+ password.
59
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
60
+ Force <span class="application">dropuser</span> to prompt for a
61
+ password before connecting to a database.
62
+ </p><p>
63
+ This option is never essential, since
64
+ <span class="application">dropuser</span> will automatically prompt
65
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
66
+ However, <span class="application">dropuser</span> will waste a
67
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
68
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
69
+ connection attempt.
70
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
71
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.7.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
72
+ Default connection parameters
73
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
74
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
75
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
76
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
77
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
78
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
79
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
80
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
81
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.7.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
82
+ In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-droprole.html" title="DROP ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP ROLE</span></a>
83
+ and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
84
+ discussions of potential problems and error messages.
85
+ The database server must be running at the
86
+ targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
87
+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
88
+ library will apply.
89
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.7.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
90
+ To remove user <code class="literal">joe</code> from the default database
91
+ server:
92
+ </p><pre class="screen">
93
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>dropuser joe</code></strong>
94
+ </pre><p>
95
+ </p><p>
96
+ To remove user <code class="literal">joe</code> using the server on host
97
+ <code class="literal">eden</code>, port 5000, with verification and a peek at the underlying
98
+ command:
99
+ </p><pre class="screen">
100
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>dropuser -p 5000 -h eden -i -e joe</code></strong>
101
+ <code class="computeroutput">Role "joe" will be permanently removed.
102
+ Are you sure? (y/n) </code><strong class="userinput"><code>y</code></strong>
103
+ <code class="computeroutput">DROP ROLE joe;</code>
104
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.7.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-createuser.html" title="createuser"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">createuser</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="sql-droprole.html" title="DROP ROLE"><span class="refentrytitle">DROP ROLE</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-dropdb.html" title="dropdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-ecpg.html" title="ecpg">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">dropdb</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">ecpg</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>ecpg</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgamcheck.html" title="pg_amcheck" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">ecpg</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgamcheck.html" title="pg_amcheck">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-ECPG"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.8.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">ecpg</span></span></h2><p><span class="application">ecpg</span> — embedded SQL C preprocessor</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.8.4.1"><code class="command">ecpg</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em>... </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-ECPG-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <code class="command">ecpg</code> is the embedded SQL preprocessor for C
4
+ programs. It converts C programs with embedded SQL statements to
5
+ normal C code by replacing the SQL invocations with special
6
+ function calls. The output files can then be processed with any C
7
+ compiler tool chain.
8
+ </p><p>
9
+ <code class="command">ecpg</code> will convert each input file given on the
10
+ command line to the corresponding C output file. If an input file
11
+ name does not have any extension, <code class="filename">.pgc</code> is
12
+ assumed. The file's extension will be replaced
13
+ by <code class="filename">.c</code> to construct the output file name.
14
+ But the output file name can be overridden using the
15
+ <code class="option">-o</code> option.
16
+ </p><p>
17
+ If an input file name is just <code class="literal">-</code>,
18
+ <code class="command">ecpg</code> reads the program from standard input
19
+ (and writes to standard output, unless that is overridden
20
+ with <code class="option">-o</code>).
21
+ </p><p>
22
+ This reference page does not describe the embedded SQL language.
23
+ See <a class="xref" href="ecpg.html" title="Chapter 36. ECPG — Embedded SQL in C">Chapter 36</a> for more information on that topic.
24
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.8.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
25
+ <code class="command">ecpg</code> accepts the following command-line
26
+ arguments:
27
+
28
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code></span></dt><dd><p>
29
+ Automatically generate certain C code from SQL code. Currently, this
30
+ works for <code class="literal">EXEC SQL TYPE</code>.
31
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-C <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
32
+ Set a compatibility mode. <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em> can
33
+ be <code class="literal">INFORMIX</code>,
34
+ <code class="literal">INFORMIX_SE</code>, or <code class="literal">ORACLE</code>.
35
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>symbol</code></em>[=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>]</code></span></dt><dd><p>
36
+ Define a preprocessor symbol, equivalently to the <code class="command">EXEC SQL
37
+ DEFINE</code> directive. If no <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> is
38
+ specified, the symbol is defined with the value <code class="literal">1</code>.
39
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code></span></dt><dd><p>
40
+ Process header files. When this option is specified, the output file
41
+ extension becomes <code class="literal">.h</code> not <code class="literal">.c</code>,
42
+ and the default input file extension is <code class="literal">.pgh</code>
43
+ not <code class="literal">.pgc</code>. Also, the <code class="option">-c</code> option is
44
+ forced on.
45
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i</code></span></dt><dd><p>
46
+ Parse system include files as well.
47
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-I <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
48
+ Specify an additional include path, used to find files included
49
+ via <code class="literal">EXEC SQL INCLUDE</code>. Defaults are
50
+ <code class="filename">.</code> (current directory),
51
+ <code class="filename">/usr/local/include</code>, the
52
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> include directory which
53
+ is defined at compile time (default:
54
+ <code class="filename">/usr/local/pgsql/include</code>), and
55
+ <code class="filename">/usr/include</code>, in that order.
56
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
57
+ Specifies that <code class="command">ecpg</code> should write all
58
+ its output to the given <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>.
59
+ Write <code class="literal">-o -</code> to send all output to standard output.
60
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-r <em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
61
+ Selects run-time behavior. <em class="replaceable"><code>Option</code></em> can be
62
+ one of the following:
63
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">no_indicator</code></span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ Do not use indicators but instead use special values to represent
65
+ null values. Historically there have been databases using this approach.
66
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">prepare</code></span></dt><dd><p>
67
+ Prepare all statements before using them. Libecpg will keep a cache of
68
+ prepared statements and reuse a statement if it gets executed again. If the
69
+ cache runs full, libecpg will free the least used statement.
70
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">questionmarks</code></span></dt><dd><p>
71
+ Allow question mark as placeholder for compatibility reasons.
72
+ This used to be the default long ago.
73
+ </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t</code></span></dt><dd><p>
74
+ Turn on autocommit of transactions. In this mode, each SQL command is
75
+ automatically committed unless it is inside an explicit
76
+ transaction block. In the default mode, commands are committed
77
+ only when <code class="command">EXEC SQL COMMIT</code> is issued.
78
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code></span></dt><dd><p>
79
+ Print additional information including the version and the
80
+ "include" path.
81
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
82
+ Print the <span class="application">ecpg</span> version and exit.
83
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
84
+ Show help about <span class="application">ecpg</span> command line
85
+ arguments, and exit.
86
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
87
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.8.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
88
+ When compiling the preprocessed C code files, the compiler needs to
89
+ be able to find the <span class="application">ECPG</span> header files in the
90
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> include directory. Therefore, you might
91
+ have to use the <code class="option">-I</code> option when invoking the compiler
92
+ (e.g., <code class="literal">-I/usr/local/pgsql/include</code>).
93
+ </p><p>
94
+ Programs using C code with embedded SQL have to be linked against
95
+ the <code class="filename">libecpg</code> library, for example using the
96
+ linker options <code class="literal">-L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lecpg</code>.
97
+ </p><p>
98
+ The value of either of these directories that is appropriate for
99
+ the installation can be found out using <a class="xref" href="app-pgconfig.html" title="pg_config"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_config</span></span></a>.
100
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.8.8"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
101
+ If you have an embedded SQL C source file named
102
+ <code class="filename">prog1.pgc</code>, you can create an executable
103
+ program using the following sequence of commands:
104
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
105
+ ecpg prog1.pgc
106
+ cc -I/usr/local/pgsql/include -c prog1.c
107
+ cc -o prog1 prog1.o -L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -lecpg
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+ </pre></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-dropuser.html" title="dropuser">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgamcheck.html" title="pg_amcheck">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">dropuser</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>initdb</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications" /><link rel="next" href="pgarchivecleanup.html" title="pg_archivecleanup" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">initdb</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Server Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pgarchivecleanup.html" title="pg_archivecleanup">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-INITDB"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.5.3.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">initdb</span></span></h2><p>initdb — create a new <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.3.4.1"><code class="command">initdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [ <code class="option">--pgdata</code> | <code class="option">-D</code> ]<em class="replaceable"><code> directory</code></em> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="R1-APP-INITDB-1"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> creates a new
4
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> <a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-DB-CLUSTER"><em class="glossterm"><a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-DB-CLUSTER" title="Database cluster">database cluster</a></em></a>.
5
+ </p><p>
6
+ Creating a database cluster consists of creating the
7
+ <a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-DATA-DIRECTORY"><em class="glossterm"><a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-DATA-DIRECTORY" title="Data directory">directories</a></em></a> in
8
+ which the cluster data will live, generating the shared catalog
9
+ tables (tables that belong to the whole cluster rather than to any
10
+ particular database), and creating the <code class="literal">postgres</code>,
11
+ <code class="literal">template1</code>, and <code class="literal">template0</code> databases.
12
+ The <code class="literal">postgres</code> database is a default database meant
13
+ for use by users, utilities and third party applications.
14
+ <code class="literal">template1</code> and <code class="literal">template0</code> are
15
+ meant as source databases to be copied by later <code class="command">CREATE
16
+ DATABASE</code> commands. <code class="literal">template0</code> should never
17
+ be modified, but you can add objects to <code class="literal">template1</code>,
18
+ which by default will be copied into databases created later. See
19
+ <a class="xref" href="manage-ag-templatedbs.html" title="23.3. Template Databases">Section 23.3</a> for more details.
20
+ </p><p>
21
+ Although <code class="command">initdb</code> will attempt to create the
22
+ specified data directory, it might not have permission if the parent
23
+ directory of the desired data directory is root-owned. To initialize
24
+ in such a setup, create an empty data directory as root, then use
25
+ <code class="command">chown</code> to assign ownership of that directory to the
26
+ database user account, then <code class="command">su</code> to become the
27
+ database user to run <code class="command">initdb</code>.
28
+ </p><p>
29
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> must be run as the user that will own the
30
+ server process, because the server needs to have access to the
31
+ files and directories that <code class="command">initdb</code> creates.
32
+ Since the server cannot be run as root, you must not run
33
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> as root either. (It will in fact refuse
34
+ to do so.)
35
+ </p><p>
36
+ For security reasons the new cluster created by <code class="command">initdb</code>
37
+ will only be accessible by the cluster owner by default. The
38
+ <code class="option">--allow-group-access</code> option allows any user in the same
39
+ group as the cluster owner to read files in the cluster. This is useful
40
+ for performing backups as a non-privileged user.
41
+ </p><p>
42
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> initializes the database cluster's default locale
43
+ and character set encoding. These can also be set separately for each
44
+ database when it is created. <code class="command">initdb</code> determines those
45
+ settings for the template databases, which will serve as the default for
46
+ all other databases.
47
+ </p><p>
48
+ By default, <code class="command">initdb</code> uses the locale provider
49
+ <code class="literal">libc</code> (see <a class="xref" href="locale.html#LOCALE-PROVIDERS" title="24.1.4. Locale Providers">Section 24.1.4</a>). The
50
+ <code class="literal">libc</code> locale provider takes the locale settings from the
51
+ environment, and determines the encoding from the locale settings.
52
+ </p><p>
53
+ To choose a different locale for the cluster, use the option
54
+ <code class="option">--locale</code>. There are also individual options
55
+ <code class="option">--lc-*</code> and <code class="option">--icu-locale</code> (see below) to
56
+ set values for the individual locale categories. Note that inconsistent
57
+ settings for different locale categories can give nonsensical results, so
58
+ this should be used with care.
59
+ </p><p>
60
+ Alternatively, <code class="command">initdb</code> can use the ICU library to provide
61
+ locale services by specifying <code class="literal">--locale-provider=icu</code>. The
62
+ server must be built with ICU support. To choose the specific ICU locale ID
63
+ to apply, use the option <code class="option">--icu-locale</code>. Note that for
64
+ implementation reasons and to support legacy code,
65
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> will still select and initialize libc locale
66
+ settings when the ICU locale provider is used.
67
+ </p><p>
68
+ When <code class="command">initdb</code> runs, it will print out the locale settings
69
+ it has chosen. If you have complex requirements or specified multiple
70
+ options, it is advisable to check that the result matches what was
71
+ intended.
72
+ </p><p>
73
+ More details about locale settings can be found in <a class="xref" href="locale.html" title="24.1. Locale Support">Section 24.1</a>.
74
+ </p><p>
75
+ To alter the default encoding, use the <code class="option">--encoding</code>.
76
+ More details can be found in <a class="xref" href="multibyte.html" title="24.3. Character Set Support">Section 24.3</a>.
77
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.3.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
78
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-AUTH"><span class="term"><code class="option">-A <em class="replaceable"><code>authmethod</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--auth=<em class="replaceable"><code>authmethod</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-AUTH" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
79
+ This option specifies the default authentication method for local
80
+ users used in <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code> (<code class="literal">host</code>
81
+ and <code class="literal">local</code> lines). See <a class="xref" href="auth-pg-hba-conf.html" title="21.1. The pg_hba.conf File">Section 21.1</a>
82
+ for an overview of valid values.
83
+ </p><p>
84
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> will
85
+ prepopulate <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code> entries using the
86
+ specified authentication method for non-replication as well as
87
+ replication connections.
88
+ </p><p>
89
+ Do not use <code class="literal">trust</code> unless you trust all local users on your
90
+ system. <code class="literal">trust</code> is the default for ease of installation.
91
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-AUTH-HOST"><span class="term"><code class="option">--auth-host=<em class="replaceable"><code>authmethod</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-AUTH-HOST" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
92
+ This option specifies the authentication method for local users via
93
+ TCP/IP connections used in <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code>
94
+ (<code class="literal">host</code> lines).
95
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-AUTH-LOCAL"><span class="term"><code class="option">--auth-local=<em class="replaceable"><code>authmethod</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-AUTH-LOCAL" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
96
+ This option specifies the authentication method for local users via
97
+ Unix-domain socket connections used in <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code>
98
+ (<code class="literal">local</code> lines).
99
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-PGDATA"><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--pgdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-PGDATA" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
100
+ This option specifies the directory where the database cluster
101
+ should be stored. This is the only information required by
102
+ <code class="command">initdb</code>, but you can avoid writing it by
103
+ setting the <code class="envar">PGDATA</code> environment variable, which
104
+ can be convenient since the database server
105
+ (<code class="command">postgres</code>) can find the data
106
+ directory later by the same variable.
107
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-ENCODING"><span class="term"><code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--encoding=<em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-ENCODING" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
108
+ Selects the encoding of the template databases. This will also be the
109
+ default encoding of any database you create later, unless you override
110
+ it then. The character sets supported by the
111
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server are described in <a class="xref" href="multibyte.html#MULTIBYTE-CHARSET-SUPPORTED" title="24.3.1. Supported Character Sets">Section 24.3.1</a>.
112
+ </p><p>
113
+ By default, the template database encoding is derived from the
114
+ locale. If <a class="xref" href="app-initdb.html#APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-LOCALE"><code class="option">--no-locale</code></a> is specified
115
+ (or equivalently, if the locale is <code class="literal">C</code> or
116
+ <code class="literal">POSIX</code>), then the default is <code class="literal">UTF8</code>
117
+ for the ICU provider and <code class="literal">SQL_ASCII</code> for the
118
+ <code class="literal">libc</code> provider.
119
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-ALLOW-GROUP-ACCESS"><span class="term"><code class="option">-g</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--allow-group-access</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-ALLOW-GROUP-ACCESS" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
120
+ Allows users in the same group as the cluster owner to read all cluster
121
+ files created by <code class="command">initdb</code>. This option is ignored
122
+ on <span class="productname">Windows</span> as it does not support
123
+ <acronym class="acronym">POSIX</acronym>-style group permissions.
124
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-ICU-LOCALE"><span class="term"><code class="option">--icu-locale=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-ICU-LOCALE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
125
+ Specifies the ICU locale when the ICU provider is used. Locale support
126
+ is described in <a class="xref" href="locale.html" title="24.1. Locale Support">Section 24.1</a>.
127
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-ICU-RULES"><span class="term"><code class="option">--icu-rules=<em class="replaceable"><code>rules</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-ICU-RULES" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
128
+ Specifies additional collation rules to customize the behavior of the
129
+ default collation. This is supported for ICU only.
130
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-DATA-CHECKSUMS"><span class="term"><code class="option">-k</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--data-checksums</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-DATA-CHECKSUMS" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
131
+ Use checksums on data pages to help detect corruption by the
132
+ I/O system that would otherwise be silent. Enabling checksums
133
+ may incur a noticeable performance penalty. If set, checksums
134
+ are calculated for all objects, in all databases. All checksum
135
+ failures will be reported in the
136
+ <a class="link" href="monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-DATABASE-VIEW" title="28.2.16. pg_stat_database">
137
+ <code class="structname">pg_stat_database</code></a> view.
138
+ See <a class="xref" href="checksums.html" title="30.2. Data Checksums">Section 30.2</a> for details.
139
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-LOCALE"><span class="term"><code class="option">--locale=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-LOCALE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
140
+ Sets the default locale for the database cluster. If this
141
+ option is not specified, the locale is inherited from the
142
+ environment that <code class="command">initdb</code> runs in. Locale
143
+ support is described in <a class="xref" href="locale.html" title="24.1. Locale Support">Section 24.1</a>.
144
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-LC-COLLATE"><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-collate=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-ctype=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-messages=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-monetary=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-numeric=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--lc-time=<em class="replaceable"><code>locale</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-LC-COLLATE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
145
+ Like <code class="option">--locale</code>, but only sets the locale in
146
+ the specified category.
147
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-LOCALE"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-locale</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-LOCALE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
148
+ Equivalent to <code class="option">--locale=C</code>.
149
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-LOCALE-PROVIDER"><span class="term"><code class="option">--locale-provider={<code class="literal">libc</code>|<code class="literal">icu</code>}</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-LOCALE-PROVIDER" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
150
+ This option sets the locale provider for databases created in the new
151
+ cluster. It can be overridden in the <code class="command">CREATE
152
+ DATABASE</code> command when new databases are subsequently
153
+ created. The default is <code class="literal">libc</code> (see <a class="xref" href="locale.html#LOCALE-PROVIDERS" title="24.1.4. Locale Providers">Section 24.1.4</a>).
154
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-SYNC"><span class="term"><code class="option">-N</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-sync</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-SYNC" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
155
+ By default, <code class="command">initdb</code> will wait for all files to be
156
+ written safely to disk. This option causes <code class="command">initdb</code>
157
+ to return without waiting, which is faster, but means that a
158
+ subsequent operating system crash can leave the data directory
159
+ corrupt. Generally, this option is useful for testing, but should not
160
+ be used when creating a production installation.
161
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-INSTRUCTIONS"><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-instructions</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-INSTRUCTIONS" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
162
+ By default, <code class="command">initdb</code> will write instructions for how
163
+ to start the cluster at the end of its output. This option causes
164
+ those instructions to be left out. This is primarily intended for use
165
+ by tools that wrap <code class="command">initdb</code> in platform-specific
166
+ behavior, where those instructions are likely to be incorrect.
167
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-PWFILE"><span class="term"><code class="option">--pwfile=<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-PWFILE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
168
+ Makes <code class="command">initdb</code> read the bootstrap superuser's password
169
+ from a file. The first line of the file is taken as the password.
170
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-SYNC-ONLY"><span class="term"><code class="option">-S</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--sync-only</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-SYNC-ONLY" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
171
+ Safely write all database files to disk and exit. This does not
172
+ perform any of the normal <span class="application">initdb</span> operations.
173
+ Generally, this option is useful for ensuring reliable recovery after
174
+ changing <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-FSYNC">fsync</a> from <code class="literal">off</code> to
175
+ <code class="literal">on</code>.
176
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-TEXT-SEARCH-CONFIG"><span class="term"><code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>config</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--text-search-config=<em class="replaceable"><code>config</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-TEXT-SEARCH-CONFIG" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
177
+ Sets the default text search configuration.
178
+ See <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-DEFAULT-TEXT-SEARCH-CONFIG">default_text_search_config</a> for further information.
179
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-USERNAME"><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-USERNAME" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
180
+ Sets the user name of the
181
+ <a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-BOOTSTRAP-SUPERUSER"><em class="glossterm"><a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-BOOTSTRAP-SUPERUSER" title="Bootstrap superuser">bootstrap superuser</a></em></a>.
182
+ This defaults to the name of the operating-system user running
183
+ <code class="command">initdb</code>.
184
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-PWPROMPT"><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--pwprompt</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-PWPROMPT" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
185
+ Makes <code class="command">initdb</code> prompt for a password
186
+ to give the bootstrap superuser. If you don't plan on using password
187
+ authentication, this is not important. Otherwise you won't be
188
+ able to use password authentication until you have a password
189
+ set up.
190
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-WALDIR"><span class="term"><code class="option">-X <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--waldir=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-WALDIR" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
191
+ This option specifies the directory where the write-ahead log
192
+ should be stored.
193
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-WAL-SEGSIZE"><span class="term"><code class="option">--wal-segsize=<em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-WAL-SEGSIZE" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
194
+ Set the <em class="firstterm">WAL segment size</em>, in megabytes. This
195
+ is the size of each individual file in the WAL log. The default size
196
+ is 16 megabytes. The value must be a power of 2 between 1 and 1024
197
+ (megabytes). This option can only be set during initialization, and
198
+ cannot be changed later.
199
+ </p><p>
200
+ It may be useful to adjust this size to control the granularity of
201
+ WAL log shipping or archiving. Also, in databases with a high volume
202
+ of WAL, the sheer number of WAL files per directory can become a
203
+ performance and management problem. Increasing the WAL file size
204
+ will reduce the number of WAL files.
205
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
206
+ </p><p>
207
+ Other, less commonly used, options are also available:
208
+
209
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-SET"><span class="term"><code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--set <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-SET" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
210
+ Forcibly set the server parameter <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>
211
+ to <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> during <code class="command">initdb</code>,
212
+ and also install that setting in the
213
+ generated <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> file,
214
+ so that it will apply during future server runs.
215
+ This option can be given more than once to set several parameters.
216
+ It is primarily useful when the environment is such that the server
217
+ will not start at all using the default parameters.
218
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-DEBUG"><span class="term"><code class="option">-d</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--debug</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-DEBUG" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
219
+ Print debugging output from the bootstrap backend and a few other
220
+ messages of lesser interest for the general public.
221
+ The bootstrap backend is the program <code class="command">initdb</code>
222
+ uses to create the catalog tables. This option generates a tremendous
223
+ amount of extremely boring output.
224
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-DISCARD-CACHES"><span class="term"><code class="option">--discard-caches</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-DISCARD-CACHES" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
225
+ Run the bootstrap backend with the
226
+ <code class="literal">debug_discard_caches=1</code> option.
227
+ This takes a very long time and is only of use for deep debugging.
228
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-L"><span class="term"><code class="option">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-L" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
229
+ Specifies where <code class="command">initdb</code> should find
230
+ its input files to initialize the database cluster. This is
231
+ normally not necessary. You will be told if you need to
232
+ specify their location explicitly.
233
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-CLEAN"><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-clean</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-NO-CLEAN" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
234
+ By default, when <code class="command">initdb</code>
235
+ determines that an error prevented it from completely creating the database
236
+ cluster, it removes any files it might have created before discovering
237
+ that it cannot finish the job. This option inhibits tidying-up and is
238
+ thus useful for debugging.
239
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
240
+ </p><p>
241
+ Other options:
242
+
243
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-VERSION"><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-VERSION" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
244
+ Print the <span class="application">initdb</span> version and exit.
245
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-OPTION-HELP"><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-OPTION-HELP" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
246
+ Show help about <span class="application">initdb</span> command line
247
+ arguments, and exit.
248
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
249
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.3.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt id="APP-INITDB-ENVIRONMENT-PGDATA"><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATA</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-ENVIRONMENT-PGDATA" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
250
+ Specifies the directory where the database cluster is to be
251
+ stored; can be overridden using the <code class="option">-D</code> option.
252
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-ENVIRONMENT-PG-COLOR"><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-ENVIRONMENT-PG-COLOR" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
253
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
254
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
255
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
256
+ </p></dd><dt id="APP-INITDB-ENVIRONMENT-TZ"><span class="term"><code class="envar">TZ</code></span> <a href="#APP-INITDB-ENVIRONMENT-TZ" class="id_link">#</a></dt><dd><p>
257
+ Specifies the default time zone of the created database cluster. The
258
+ value should be a full time zone name
259
+ (see <a class="xref" href="datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-TIMEZONES" title="8.5.3. Time Zones">Section 8.5.3</a>).
260
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
261
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
262
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
263
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
264
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.3.8"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
265
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> can also be invoked via
266
+ <code class="command">pg_ctl initdb</code>.
267
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.3.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_ctl</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="app-postgres.html" title="postgres"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">postgres</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="auth-pg-hba-conf.html" title="21.1. The pg_hba.conf File">Section 21.1</a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pgarchivecleanup.html" title="pg_archivecleanup">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">PostgreSQL Server Applications </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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3
+ <code class="option">s[mart]</code> | <code class="option">f[ast]</code> | <code class="option">i[mmediate]</code>
4
+ ] [<code class="option">-W</code>] [<code class="option">-t</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em>] [<code class="option">-s</code>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.4"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">restart</code> [<code class="option">-D</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em>] [<code class="option">-m</code>
5
+ <code class="option">s[mart]</code> | <code class="option">f[ast]</code> | <code class="option">i[mmediate]</code>
6
+ ] [<code class="option">-W</code>] [<code class="option">-t</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em>] [<code class="option">-s</code>] [<code class="option">-o</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>options</code></em>] [<code class="option">-c</code>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.5"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">reload</code> [<code class="option">-D</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em>] [<code class="option">-s</code>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.6"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">status</code> [<code class="option">-D</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.7"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">promote</code> [<code class="option">-D</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em>] [<code class="option">-W</code>] [<code class="option">-t</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em>] [<code class="option">-s</code>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.8"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">logrotate</code> [<code class="option">-D</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em>] [<code class="option">-s</code>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.9"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">kill</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>signal_name</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>process_id</code></em> </p></div><p>On Microsoft Windows, also:</p><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.11"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">register</code> [<code class="option">-D</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em>] [<code class="option">-N</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>servicename</code></em>] [<code class="option">-U</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em>] [<code class="option">-P</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>password</code></em>] [<code class="option">-S</code>
7
+ <code class="option">a[uto]</code> | <code class="option">d[emand]</code>
8
+ ] [<code class="option">-e</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>source</code></em>] [<code class="option">-W</code>] [<code class="option">-t</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em>] [<code class="option">-s</code>] [<code class="option">-o</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>options</code></em>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.7.4.12"><code class="command">pg_ctl</code> <code class="option">unregister</code> [<code class="option">-N</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>servicename</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-CTL-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
9
+ <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> is a utility for initializing a
10
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster, starting,
11
+ stopping, or restarting the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
12
+ database server (<a class="xref" href="app-postgres.html" title="postgres"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">postgres</span></span></a>), or displaying the
13
+ status of a running server. Although the server can be started
14
+ manually, <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> encapsulates tasks such
15
+ as redirecting log output and properly detaching from the terminal
16
+ and process group. It also provides convenient options for
17
+ controlled shutdown.
18
+ </p><p>
19
+ The <code class="option">init</code> or <code class="option">initdb</code> mode creates a new
20
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster, that is,
21
+ a collection of databases that will be managed by a single
22
+ server instance. This mode invokes the <code class="command">initdb</code>
23
+ command. See <a class="xref" href="app-initdb.html" title="initdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">initdb</span></span></a> for details.
24
+ </p><p>
25
+ <code class="option">start</code> mode launches a new server. The
26
+ server is started in the background, and its standard input is attached
27
+ to <code class="filename">/dev/null</code> (or <code class="literal">nul</code> on Windows).
28
+ On Unix-like systems, by default, the server's standard output and
29
+ standard error are sent to <span class="application">pg_ctl</span>'s
30
+ standard output (not standard error). The standard output of
31
+ <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> should then be redirected to a
32
+ file or piped to another process such as a log rotating program
33
+ like <span class="application">rotatelogs</span>; otherwise <code class="command">postgres</code>
34
+ will write its output to the controlling terminal (from the
35
+ background) and will not leave the shell's process group. On
36
+ Windows, by default the server's standard output and standard error
37
+ are sent to the terminal. These default behaviors can be changed
38
+ by using <code class="option">-l</code> to append the server's output to a log file.
39
+ Use of either <code class="option">-l</code> or output redirection is recommended.
40
+ </p><p>
41
+ <code class="option">stop</code> mode shuts down the server that is running in
42
+ the specified data directory. Three different
43
+ shutdown methods can be selected with the <code class="option">-m</code>
44
+ option. <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Smart</span>”</span> mode disallows new connections, then waits
45
+ for all existing clients to disconnect.
46
+ If the server is in hot standby, recovery and streaming replication
47
+ will be terminated once all clients have disconnected.
48
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Fast</span>”</span> mode (the default) does not wait for clients to disconnect.
49
+ All active transactions are
50
+ rolled back and clients are forcibly disconnected, then the
51
+ server is shut down. <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Immediate</span>”</span> mode will abort
52
+ all server processes immediately, without a clean shutdown. This choice
53
+ will lead to a crash-recovery cycle during the next server start.
54
+ </p><p>
55
+ <code class="option">restart</code> mode effectively executes a stop followed
56
+ by a start. This allows changing the <code class="command">postgres</code>
57
+ command-line options, or changing configuration-file options that
58
+ cannot be changed without restarting the server.
59
+ If relative paths were used on the command line during server
60
+ start, <code class="option">restart</code> might fail unless
61
+ <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> is executed in the same current
62
+ directory as it was during server start.
63
+ </p><p>
64
+ <code class="option">reload</code> mode simply sends the
65
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> server process a <span class="systemitem">SIGHUP</span>
66
+ signal, causing it to reread its configuration files
67
+ (<code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>,
68
+ <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code>, etc.). This allows changing
69
+ configuration-file options that do not require a full server restart
70
+ to take effect.
71
+ </p><p>
72
+ <code class="option">status</code> mode checks whether a server is running in
73
+ the specified data directory. If it is, the server's <acronym class="acronym">PID</acronym>
74
+ and the command line options that were used to invoke it are displayed.
75
+ If the server is not running, <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> returns
76
+ an exit status of 3. If an accessible data directory is not
77
+ specified, <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> returns an exit status of 4.
78
+ </p><p>
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+ <code class="option">promote</code> mode commands the standby server that is
80
+ running in the specified data directory to end standby mode
81
+ and begin read-write operations.
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+ </p><p>
83
+ <code class="option">logrotate</code> mode rotates the server log file.
84
+ For details on how to use this mode with external log rotation tools, see
85
+ <a class="xref" href="logfile-maintenance.html" title="25.3. Log File Maintenance">Section 25.3</a>.
86
+ </p><p>
87
+ <code class="option">kill</code> mode sends a signal to a specified process.
88
+ This is primarily valuable on <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows</span>
89
+ which does not have a built-in <span class="application">kill</span> command. Use
90
+ <code class="literal">--help</code> to see a list of supported signal names.
91
+ </p><p>
92
+ <code class="option">register</code> mode registers the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
93
+ server as a system service on <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows</span>.
94
+ The <code class="option">-S</code> option allows selection of service start type,
95
+ either <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">auto</span>”</span> (start service automatically on system startup)
96
+ or <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">demand</span>”</span> (start service on demand).
97
+ </p><p>
98
+ <code class="option">unregister</code> mode unregisters a system service
99
+ on <span class="productname">Microsoft Windows</span>. This undoes the effects of the
100
+ <code class="option">register</code> command.
101
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-CTL-OPTIONS"><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--core-files</code></span></dt><dd><p>
102
+ Attempt to allow server crashes to produce core files, on platforms
103
+ where this is possible, by lifting any soft resource limit placed on
104
+ core files.
105
+ This is useful in debugging or diagnosing problems by allowing a
106
+ stack trace to be obtained from a failed server process.
107
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--pgdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
108
+ Specifies the file system location of the database configuration files. If
109
+ this option is omitted, the environment variable
110
+ <code class="envar">PGDATA</code> is used.
111
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--log=<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
112
+ Append the server log output to
113
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>. If the file does not
114
+ exist, it is created. The <span class="systemitem">umask</span> is set to 077,
115
+ so access to the log file is disallowed to other users by default.
116
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--mode=<em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
117
+ Specifies the shutdown mode. <em class="replaceable"><code>mode</code></em>
118
+ can be <code class="literal">smart</code>, <code class="literal">fast</code>, or
119
+ <code class="literal">immediate</code>, or the first letter of one of
120
+ these three. If this option is omitted, <code class="literal">fast</code> is
121
+ the default.
122
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>options</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--options=<em class="replaceable"><code>options</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
123
+ Specifies options to be passed directly to the
124
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> command.
125
+ <code class="option">-o</code> can be specified multiple times, with all the given
126
+ options being passed through.
127
+ </p><p>
128
+ The <em class="replaceable"><code>options</code></em> should usually be surrounded by single or
129
+ double quotes to ensure that they are passed through as a group.
130
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>initdb-options</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--options=<em class="replaceable"><code>initdb-options</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
131
+ Specifies options to be passed directly to the
132
+ <code class="command">initdb</code> command.
133
+ <code class="option">-o</code> can be specified multiple times, with all the given
134
+ options being passed through.
135
+ </p><p>
136
+ The <em class="replaceable"><code>initdb-options</code></em> should usually be surrounded by single or
137
+ double quotes to ensure that they are passed through as a group.
138
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
139
+ Specifies the location of the <code class="filename">postgres</code>
140
+ executable. By default the <code class="filename">postgres</code> executable is taken from the same
141
+ directory as <code class="command">pg_ctl</code>, or failing that, the hard-wired
142
+ installation directory. It is not necessary to use this
143
+ option unless you are doing something unusual and get errors
144
+ that the <code class="filename">postgres</code> executable was not found.
145
+ </p><p>
146
+ In <code class="literal">init</code> mode, this option analogously
147
+ specifies the location of the <code class="filename">initdb</code>
148
+ executable.
149
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--silent</code></span></dt><dd><p>
150
+ Print only errors, no informational messages.
151
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--timeout=<em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
152
+ Specifies the maximum number of seconds to wait when waiting for an
153
+ operation to complete (see option <code class="option">-w</code>). Defaults to
154
+ the value of the <code class="envar">PGCTLTIMEOUT</code> environment variable or, if
155
+ not set, to 60 seconds.
156
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
157
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> version and exit.
158
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--wait</code></span></dt><dd><p>
159
+ Wait for the operation to complete. This is supported for the
160
+ modes <code class="literal">start</code>, <code class="literal">stop</code>,
161
+ <code class="literal">restart</code>, <code class="literal">promote</code>,
162
+ and <code class="literal">register</code>, and is the default for those modes.
163
+ </p><p>
164
+ When waiting, <code class="command">pg_ctl</code> repeatedly checks the
165
+ server's <acronym class="acronym">PID</acronym> file, sleeping for a short amount
166
+ of time between checks. Startup is considered complete when
167
+ the <acronym class="acronym">PID</acronym> file indicates that the server is ready to
168
+ accept connections. Shutdown is considered complete when the server
169
+ removes the <acronym class="acronym">PID</acronym> file.
170
+ <code class="command">pg_ctl</code> returns an exit code based on the
171
+ success of the startup or shutdown.
172
+ </p><p>
173
+ If the operation does not complete within the timeout (see
174
+ option <code class="option">-t</code>), then <code class="command">pg_ctl</code> exits with
175
+ a nonzero exit status. But note that the operation might continue in
176
+ the background and eventually succeed.
177
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-wait</code></span></dt><dd><p>
178
+ Do not wait for the operation to complete. This is the opposite of
179
+ the option <code class="option">-w</code>.
180
+ </p><p>
181
+ If waiting is disabled, the requested action is triggered, but there
182
+ is no feedback about its success. In that case, the server log file
183
+ or an external monitoring system would have to be used to check the
184
+ progress and success of the operation.
185
+ </p><p>
186
+ In prior releases of PostgreSQL, this was the default except for
187
+ the <code class="literal">stop</code> mode.
188
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
189
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> command line
190
+ arguments, and exit.
191
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
192
+ If an option is specified that is valid, but not relevant to the selected
193
+ operating mode, <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> ignores it.
194
+ </p><div class="refsect2" id="APP-PG-CTL-WINDOWS-OPTIONS"><h3>Options for Windows</h3><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e <em class="replaceable"><code>source</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
195
+ Name of the event source for <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> to use
196
+ for logging to the event log when running as a Windows service. The
197
+ default is <code class="literal">PostgreSQL</code>. Note that this only controls
198
+ messages sent from <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> itself; once
199
+ started, the server will use the event source specified
200
+ by its <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-EVENT-SOURCE">event_source</a> parameter. Should the server
201
+ fail very early in startup, before that parameter has been set,
202
+ it might also log using the default event
203
+ source name <code class="literal">PostgreSQL</code>.
204
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N <em class="replaceable"><code>servicename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
205
+ Name of the system service to register. This name will be used
206
+ as both the service name and the display name.
207
+ The default is <code class="literal">PostgreSQL</code>.
208
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P <em class="replaceable"><code>password</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
209
+ Password for the user to run the service as.
210
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>start-type</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
211
+ Start type of the system service. <em class="replaceable"><code>start-type</code></em> can
212
+ be <code class="literal">auto</code>, or <code class="literal">demand</code>, or
213
+ the first letter of one of these two. If this option is omitted,
214
+ <code class="literal">auto</code> is the default.
215
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
216
+ User name for the user to run the service as. For domain users, use the
217
+ format <code class="literal">DOMAIN\username</code>.
218
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.7.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGCTLTIMEOUT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
219
+ Default limit on the number of seconds to wait when waiting for startup
220
+ or shutdown to complete. If not set, the default is 60 seconds.
221
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATA</code></span></dt><dd><p>
222
+ Default data directory location.
223
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
224
+ Most <code class="command">pg_ctl</code> modes require knowing the data directory
225
+ location; therefore, the <code class="option">-D</code> option is required
226
+ unless <code class="envar">PGDATA</code> is set.
227
+ </p><p>
228
+ <code class="command">pg_ctl</code>, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
229
+ utilities,
230
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
231
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
232
+ </p><p>
233
+ For additional variables that affect the server,
234
+ see <a class="xref" href="app-postgres.html" title="postgres"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">postgres</span></span></a>.
235
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.7.8"><h2>Files</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">postmaster.pid</code></span></dt><dd><p>
236
+ <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> examines this file in the data
237
+ directory to determine whether the server is currently running.
238
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="filename">postmaster.opts</code></span></dt><dd><p>If this file exists in the data directory,
239
+ <span class="application">pg_ctl</span> (in <code class="option">restart</code> mode)
240
+ will pass the contents of the file as options to
241
+ <span class="application">postgres</span>, unless overridden
242
+ by the <code class="option">-o</code> option. The contents of this file
243
+ are also displayed in <code class="option">status</code> mode.
244
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="R1-APP-PGCTL-2"><h2>Examples</h2><div class="refsect2" id="R2-APP-PGCTL-3"><h3>Starting the Server</h3><p>
245
+ To start the server, waiting until the server is
246
+ accepting connections:
247
+ </p><pre class="screen">
248
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_ctl start</code></strong>
249
+ </pre><p>
250
+ </p><p>
251
+ To start the server using port 5433, and
252
+ running without <code class="function">fsync</code>, use:
253
+ </p><pre class="screen">
254
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_ctl -o "-F -p 5433" start</code></strong>
255
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect2" id="R2-APP-PGCTL-4"><h3>Stopping the Server</h3><p>
256
+ To stop the server, use:
257
+ </p><pre class="screen">
258
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_ctl stop</code></strong>
259
+ </pre><p>
260
+ The <code class="option">-m</code> option allows control over
261
+ <span class="emphasis"><em>how</em></span> the server shuts down:
262
+ </p><pre class="screen">
263
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_ctl stop -m smart</code></strong>
264
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect2" id="R2-APP-PGCTL-5"><h3>Restarting the Server</h3><p>
265
+ Restarting the server is almost equivalent to stopping the
266
+ server and starting it again, except that by default,
267
+ <code class="command">pg_ctl</code> saves and reuses the command line options that
268
+ were passed to the previously-running instance. To restart
269
+ the server using the same options as before, use:
270
+ </p><pre class="screen">
271
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_ctl restart</code></strong>
272
+ </pre><p>
273
+ </p><p>
274
+ But if <code class="option">-o</code> is specified, that replaces any previous options.
275
+ To restart using port 5433, disabling <code class="function">fsync</code> upon restart:
276
+ </p><pre class="screen">
277
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_ctl -o "-F -p 5433" restart</code></strong>
278
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect2" id="R2-APP-PGCTL-6"><h3>Showing the Server Status</h3><p>
279
+ Here is sample status output from
280
+ <span class="application">pg_ctl</span>:
281
+ </p><pre class="screen">
282
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_ctl status</code></strong>
283
+ <code class="computeroutput">
284
+ pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 13718)
285
+ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres "-D" "/usr/local/pgsql/data" "-p" "5433" "-B" "128"
286
+ </code></pre><p>
287
+ The second line is the command that would be invoked in restart mode.
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_dumpall</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump" /><link rel="next" href="app-pg-isready.html" title="pg_isready" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_dumpall</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pg-isready.html" title="pg_isready">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PG-DUMPALL"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.14.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dumpall</span></span></h2><p>pg_dumpall — extract a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster into a script file</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.14.4.1"><code class="command">pg_dumpall</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-DUMPALL-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
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+ <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> is a utility for writing out
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+ (<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">dumping</span>”</span>) all <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> databases
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+ of a cluster into one script file. The script file contains
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+ <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> commands that can be used as input to <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> to restore the databases. It does this by
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+ calling <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></a> for each database in the cluster.
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+ <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> also dumps global objects
9
+ that are common to all databases, namely database roles, tablespaces,
10
+ and privilege grants for configuration parameters.
11
+ (<span class="application">pg_dump</span> does not save these objects.)
12
+ </p><p>
13
+ Since <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> reads tables from all
14
+ databases you will most likely have to connect as a database
15
+ superuser in order to produce a complete dump. Also you will need
16
+ superuser privileges to execute the saved script in order to be
17
+ allowed to add roles and create databases.
18
+ </p><p>
19
+ The SQL script will be written to the standard output. Use the
20
+ <code class="option">-f</code>/<code class="option">--file</code> option or shell operators to
21
+ redirect it into a file.
22
+ </p><p>
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+ <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> needs to connect several
24
+ times to the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server (once per
25
+ database). If you use password authentication it will ask for
26
+ a password each time. It is convenient to have a
27
+ <code class="filename">~/.pgpass</code> file in such cases. See <a class="xref" href="libpq-pgpass.html" title="34.16. The Password File">Section 34.16</a> for more information.
28
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.14.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
29
+ The following command-line options control the content and
30
+ format of the output.
31
+
32
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--data-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
33
+ Dump only the data, not the schema (data definitions).
34
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--clean</code></span></dt><dd><p>
35
+ Emit SQL commands to <code class="command">DROP</code> all the dumped
36
+ databases, roles, and tablespaces before recreating them.
37
+ This option is useful when the restore is to overwrite an existing
38
+ cluster. If any of the objects do not exist in the destination
39
+ cluster, ignorable error messages will be reported during
40
+ restore, unless <code class="option">--if-exists</code> is also specified.
41
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--encoding=<em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
42
+ Create the dump in the specified character set encoding. By default,
43
+ the dump is created in the database encoding. (Another way to get the
44
+ same result is to set the <code class="envar">PGCLIENTENCODING</code> environment
45
+ variable to the desired dump encoding.)
46
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--file=<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
47
+ Send output to the specified file. If this is omitted, the
48
+ standard output is used.
49
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-g</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--globals-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
50
+ Dump only global objects (roles and tablespaces), no databases.
51
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-O</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-owner</code></span></dt><dd><p>
52
+ Do not output commands to set
53
+ ownership of objects to match the original database.
54
+ By default, <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> issues
55
+ <code class="command">ALTER OWNER</code> or
56
+ <code class="command">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</code>
57
+ statements to set ownership of created schema elements.
58
+ These statements
59
+ will fail when the script is run unless it is started by a superuser
60
+ (or the same user that owns all of the objects in the script).
61
+ To make a script that can be restored by any user, but will give
62
+ that user ownership of all the objects, specify <code class="option">-O</code>.
63
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-r</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--roles-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ Dump only roles, no databases or tablespaces.
65
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
66
+ Dump only the object definitions (schema), not data.
67
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--superuser=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
68
+ Specify the superuser user name to use when disabling triggers.
69
+ This is relevant only if <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code> is used.
70
+ (Usually, it's better to leave this out, and instead start the
71
+ resulting script as superuser.)
72
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--tablespaces-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ Dump only tablespaces, no databases or roles.
74
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
75
+ Specifies verbose mode. This will cause
76
+ <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> to output start/stop
77
+ times to the dump file, and progress messages to standard error.
78
+ Repeating the option causes additional debug-level messages
79
+ to appear on standard error.
80
+ The option is also passed down to <span class="application">pg_dump</span>.
81
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
82
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> version and exit.
83
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-x</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-privileges</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-acl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
84
+ Prevent dumping of access privileges (grant/revoke commands).
85
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--binary-upgrade</code></span></dt><dd><p>
86
+ This option is for use by in-place upgrade utilities. Its use
87
+ for other purposes is not recommended or supported. The
88
+ behavior of the option may change in future releases without
89
+ notice.
90
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--column-inserts</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--attribute-inserts</code></span></dt><dd><p>
91
+ Dump data as <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands with explicit
92
+ column names (<code class="literal">INSERT INTO
93
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em>
94
+ (<em class="replaceable"><code>column</code></em>, ...) VALUES
95
+ ...</code>). This will make restoration very slow; it is mainly
96
+ useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
97
+ non-<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> databases.
98
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-dollar-quoting</code></span></dt><dd><p>
99
+ This option disables the use of dollar quoting for function bodies,
100
+ and forces them to be quoted using SQL standard string syntax.
101
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-triggers</code></span></dt><dd><p>
102
+ This option is relevant only when creating a data-only dump.
103
+ It instructs <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> to include commands
104
+ to temporarily disable triggers on the target tables while
105
+ the data is restored. Use this if you have referential
106
+ integrity checks or other triggers on the tables that you
107
+ do not want to invoke during data restore.
108
+ </p><p>
109
+ Presently, the commands emitted for <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code>
110
+ must be done as superuser. So, you should also specify
111
+ a superuser name with <code class="option">-S</code>, or preferably be careful to
112
+ start the resulting script as a superuser.
113
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-database=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
114
+ Do not dump databases whose name matches
115
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>.
116
+ Multiple patterns can be excluded by writing multiple
117
+ <code class="option">--exclude-database</code> switches. The
118
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em> parameter is
119
+ interpreted as a pattern according to the same rules used by
120
+ <span class="application">psql</span>'s <code class="literal">\d</code>
121
+ commands (see <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns">Patterns</a>),
122
+ so multiple databases can also be excluded by writing wildcard
123
+ characters in the pattern. When using wildcards, be careful to
124
+ quote the pattern if needed to prevent shell wildcard expansion.
125
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--extra-float-digits=<em class="replaceable"><code>ndigits</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
126
+ Use the specified value of extra_float_digits when dumping
127
+ floating-point data, instead of the maximum available precision.
128
+ Routine dumps made for backup purposes should not use this option.
129
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--if-exists</code></span></dt><dd><p>
130
+ Use <code class="literal">DROP ... IF EXISTS</code> commands to drop objects
131
+ in <code class="option">--clean</code> mode. This suppresses <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">does not
132
+ exist</span>”</span> errors that might otherwise be reported. This
133
+ option is not valid unless <code class="option">--clean</code> is also
134
+ specified.
135
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--inserts</code></span></dt><dd><p>
136
+ Dump data as <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands (rather
137
+ than <code class="command">COPY</code>). This will make restoration very slow;
138
+ it is mainly useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
139
+ non-<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> databases. Note that
140
+ the restore might fail altogether if you have rearranged column order.
141
+ The <code class="option">--column-inserts</code> option is safer, though even
142
+ slower.
143
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--load-via-partition-root</code></span></dt><dd><p>
144
+ When dumping data for a table partition, make
145
+ the <code class="command">COPY</code> or <code class="command">INSERT</code> statements
146
+ target the root of the partitioning hierarchy that contains it, rather
147
+ than the partition itself. This causes the appropriate partition to
148
+ be re-determined for each row when the data is loaded. This may be
149
+ useful when restoring data on a server where rows do not always fall
150
+ into the same partitions as they did on the original server. That
151
+ could happen, for example, if the partitioning column is of type text
152
+ and the two systems have different definitions of the collation used
153
+ to sort the partitioning column.
154
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--lock-wait-timeout=<em class="replaceable"><code>timeout</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
155
+ Do not wait forever to acquire shared table locks at the beginning of
156
+ the dump. Instead, fail if unable to lock a table within the specified
157
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>timeout</code></em>. The timeout may be
158
+ specified in any of the formats accepted by <code class="command">SET
159
+ statement_timeout</code>.
160
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-comments</code></span></dt><dd><p>
161
+ Do not dump comments.
162
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-publications</code></span></dt><dd><p>
163
+ Do not dump publications.
164
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-role-passwords</code></span></dt><dd><p>
165
+ Do not dump passwords for roles. When restored, roles will have a
166
+ null password, and password authentication will always fail until the
167
+ password is set. Since password values aren't needed when this option
168
+ is specified, the role information is read from the catalog
169
+ view <code class="structname">pg_roles</code> instead
170
+ of <code class="structname">pg_authid</code>. Therefore, this option also
171
+ helps if access to <code class="structname">pg_authid</code> is restricted by
172
+ some security policy.
173
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-security-labels</code></span></dt><dd><p>
174
+ Do not dump security labels.
175
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-subscriptions</code></span></dt><dd><p>
176
+ Do not dump subscriptions.
177
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-sync</code></span></dt><dd><p>
178
+ By default, <code class="command">pg_dumpall</code> will wait for all files
179
+ to be written safely to disk. This option causes
180
+ <code class="command">pg_dumpall</code> to return without waiting, which is
181
+ faster, but means that a subsequent operating system crash can leave
182
+ the dump corrupt. Generally, this option is useful for testing
183
+ but should not be used when dumping data from production installation.
184
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-table-access-method</code></span></dt><dd><p>
185
+ Do not output commands to select table access methods.
186
+ With this option, all objects will be created with whichever
187
+ table access method is the default during restore.
188
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-tablespaces</code></span></dt><dd><p>
189
+ Do not output commands to create tablespaces nor select tablespaces
190
+ for objects.
191
+ With this option, all objects will be created in whichever
192
+ tablespace is the default during restore.
193
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-toast-compression</code></span></dt><dd><p>
194
+ Do not output commands to set <acronym class="acronym">TOAST</acronym> compression
195
+ methods.
196
+ With this option, all columns will be restored with the default
197
+ compression setting.
198
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-unlogged-table-data</code></span></dt><dd><p>
199
+ Do not dump the contents of unlogged tables. This option has no
200
+ effect on whether or not the table definitions (schema) are dumped;
201
+ it only suppresses dumping the table data.
202
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--on-conflict-do-nothing</code></span></dt><dd><p>
203
+ Add <code class="literal">ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING</code> to
204
+ <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands.
205
+ This option is not valid unless <code class="option">--inserts</code> or
206
+ <code class="option">--column-inserts</code> is also specified.
207
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--quote-all-identifiers</code></span></dt><dd><p>
208
+ Force quoting of all identifiers. This option is recommended when
209
+ dumping a database from a server whose <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
210
+ major version is different from <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span>'s, or when
211
+ the output is intended to be loaded into a server of a different
212
+ major version. By default, <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> quotes only
213
+ identifiers that are reserved words in its own major version.
214
+ This sometimes results in compatibility issues when dealing with
215
+ servers of other versions that may have slightly different sets
216
+ of reserved words. Using <code class="option">--quote-all-identifiers</code> prevents
217
+ such issues, at the price of a harder-to-read dump script.
218
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--rows-per-insert=<em class="replaceable"><code>nrows</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
219
+ Dump data as <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands (rather than
220
+ <code class="command">COPY</code>). Controls the maximum number of rows per
221
+ <code class="command">INSERT</code> command. The value specified must be a
222
+ number greater than zero. Any error during restoring will cause only
223
+ rows that are part of the problematic <code class="command">INSERT</code> to be
224
+ lost, rather than the entire table contents.
225
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--use-set-session-authorization</code></span></dt><dd><p>
226
+ Output SQL-standard <code class="command">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</code> commands
227
+ instead of <code class="command">ALTER OWNER</code> commands to determine object
228
+ ownership. This makes the dump more standards compatible, but
229
+ depending on the history of the objects in the dump, might not restore
230
+ properly.
231
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
232
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> command line
233
+ arguments, and exit.
234
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
235
+ </p><p>
236
+ The following command-line options control the database connection parameters.
237
+
238
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
239
+ Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>; these
240
+ will override any conflicting command line options.
241
+ </p><p>
242
+ The option is called <code class="literal">--dbname</code> for consistency with other
243
+ client applications, but because <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span>
244
+ needs to connect to many databases, the database name in the
245
+ connection string will be ignored. Use the <code class="literal">-l</code>
246
+ option to specify the name of the database used for the initial
247
+ connection, which will dump global objects and discover what other
248
+ databases should be dumped.
249
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
250
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the database
251
+ server is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is
252
+ used as the directory for the Unix domain socket. The default
253
+ is taken from the <code class="envar">PGHOST</code> environment variable,
254
+ if set, else a Unix domain socket connection is attempted.
255
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--database=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
256
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to for dumping global
257
+ objects and discovering what other databases should be dumped. If
258
+ not specified, the <code class="literal">postgres</code> database will be used,
259
+ and if that does not exist, <code class="literal">template1</code> will be used.
260
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
261
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
262
+ extension on which the server is listening for connections.
263
+ Defaults to the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> environment variable, if
264
+ set, or a compiled-in default.
265
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
266
+ User name to connect as.
267
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
268
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
269
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
270
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
271
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
272
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
273
+ password.
274
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
275
+ Force <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> to prompt for a
276
+ password before connecting to a database.
277
+ </p><p>
278
+ This option is never essential, since
279
+ <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> will automatically prompt
280
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
281
+ However, <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> will waste a
282
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
283
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
284
+ connection attempt.
285
+ </p><p>
286
+ Note that the password prompt will occur again for each database
287
+ to be dumped. Usually, it's better to set up a
288
+ <code class="filename">~/.pgpass</code> file than to rely on manual password entry.
289
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--role=<em class="replaceable"><code>rolename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
290
+ Specifies a role name to be used to create the dump.
291
+ This option causes <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> to issue a
292
+ <code class="command">SET ROLE</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>rolename</code></em>
293
+ command after connecting to the database. It is useful when the
294
+ authenticated user (specified by <code class="option">-U</code>) lacks privileges
295
+ needed by <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span>, but can switch to a role with
296
+ the required rights. Some installations have a policy against
297
+ logging in directly as a superuser, and use of this option allows
298
+ dumps to be made without violating the policy.
299
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
300
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.14.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGOPTIONS</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
301
+ Default connection parameters
302
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
303
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
304
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
305
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
306
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
307
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
308
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
309
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
310
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.14.8"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
311
+ Since <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> calls
312
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> internally, some diagnostic
313
+ messages will refer to <span class="application">pg_dump</span>.
314
+ </p><p>
315
+ The <code class="option">--clean</code> option can be useful even when your
316
+ intention is to restore the dump script into a fresh cluster. Use of
317
+ <code class="option">--clean</code> authorizes the script to drop and re-create the
318
+ built-in <code class="literal">postgres</code> and <code class="literal">template1</code>
319
+ databases, ensuring that those databases will retain the same properties
320
+ (for instance, locale and encoding) that they had in the source cluster.
321
+ Without the option, those databases will retain their existing
322
+ database-level properties, as well as any pre-existing contents.
323
+ </p><p>
324
+ Once restored, it is wise to run <code class="command">ANALYZE</code> on each
325
+ database so the optimizer has useful statistics. You
326
+ can also run <code class="command">vacuumdb -a -z</code> to analyze all
327
+ databases.
328
+ </p><p>
329
+ The dump script should not be expected to run completely without errors.
330
+ In particular, because the script will issue <code class="command">CREATE ROLE</code>
331
+ for every role existing in the source cluster, it is certain to get a
332
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">role already exists</span>”</span> error for the bootstrap superuser,
333
+ unless the destination cluster was initialized with a different bootstrap
334
+ superuser name. This error is harmless and should be ignored. Use of
335
+ the <code class="option">--clean</code> option is likely to produce additional
336
+ harmless error messages about non-existent objects, although you can
337
+ minimize those by adding <code class="option">--if-exists</code>.
338
+ </p><p>
339
+ <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> requires all needed
340
+ tablespace directories to exist before the restore; otherwise,
341
+ database creation will fail for databases in non-default
342
+ locations.
343
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-DUMPALL-EX"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
344
+ To dump all databases:
345
+
346
+ </p><pre class="screen">
347
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dumpall &gt; db.out</code></strong>
348
+ </pre><p>
349
+ </p><p>
350
+ To restore database(s) from this file, you can use:
351
+ </p><pre class="screen">
352
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>psql -f db.out postgres</code></strong>
353
+ </pre><p>
354
+ It is not important to which database you connect here since the
355
+ script file created by <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> will
356
+ contain the appropriate commands to create and connect to the saved
357
+ databases. An exception is that if you specified <code class="option">--clean</code>,
358
+ you must connect to the <code class="literal">postgres</code> database initially;
359
+ the script will attempt to drop other databases immediately, and that
360
+ will fail for the database you are connected to.
361
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.14.10"><h2>See Also</h2><p>
362
+ Check <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></a> for details on possible
363
+ error conditions.
364
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pg-isready.html" title="pg_isready">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_dump</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_isready</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_isready</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_isready</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PG-ISREADY"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.15.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_isready</span></span></h2><p>pg_isready — check the connection status of a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.15.4.1"><code class="command">pg_isready</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-ISREADY-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <span class="application">pg_isready</span> is a utility for checking the connection
4
+ status of a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database server. The exit
5
+ status specifies the result of the connection check.
6
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-ISREADY-OPTIONS"><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
7
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to. The
8
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>. If so,
9
+ connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
10
+ line options.
11
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
12
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
13
+ server is running. If the value begins
14
+ with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix-domain
15
+ socket.
16
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
17
+ Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix-domain
18
+ socket file extension on which the server is listening for
19
+ connections. Defaults to the value of the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code>
20
+ environment variable or, if not set, to the port specified at
21
+ compile time, usually 5432.
22
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt><dd><p>
23
+ Do not display status message. This is useful when scripting.
24
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--timeout=<em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
25
+ The maximum number of seconds to wait when attempting connection before
26
+ returning that the server is not responding. Setting to 0 disables. The
27
+ default is 3 seconds.
28
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
29
+ Connect to the database as the user <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em> instead of the default.
30
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
31
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_isready</span> version and exit.
32
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
33
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_isready</span> command line
34
+ arguments, and exit.
35
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.15.7"><h2>Exit Status</h2><p>
36
+ <span class="application">pg_isready</span> returns <code class="literal">0</code> to the shell if the server
37
+ is accepting connections normally, <code class="literal">1</code> if the server is rejecting
38
+ connections (for example during startup), <code class="literal">2</code> if there was no response to the
39
+ connection attempt, and <code class="literal">3</code> if no attempt was made (for example due to invalid
40
+ parameters).
41
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.15.8"><h2>Environment</h2><p>
42
+ <code class="command">pg_isready</code>, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
43
+ utilities,
44
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
45
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
46
+ </p><p>
47
+ The environment variable <code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code> specifies whether to use
48
+ color in diagnostic messages. Possible values are
49
+ <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
50
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
51
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-ISREADY-NOTES"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
52
+ It is not necessary to supply correct user name, password, or database
53
+ name values to obtain the server status; however, if incorrect values
54
+ are provided, the server will log a failed connection attempt.
55
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PG-ISREADY-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
56
+ Standard Usage:
57
+ </p><pre class="screen">
58
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_isready</code></strong>
59
+ <code class="computeroutput">/tmp:5432 - accepting connections</code>
60
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>echo $?</code></strong>
61
+ <code class="computeroutput">0</code>
62
+ </pre><p>
63
+ </p><p>
64
+ Running with connection parameters to a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster in startup:
65
+ </p><pre class="screen">
66
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>pg_isready -h localhost -p 5433</code></strong>
67
+ <code class="computeroutput">localhost:5433 - rejecting connections</code>
68
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>echo $?</code></strong>
69
+ <code class="computeroutput">1</code>
70
+ </pre><p>
71
+ </p><p>
72
+ Running with connection parameters to a non-responsive <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster:
73
+ </p><pre class="screen">
74
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>pg_isready -h someremotehost</code></strong>
75
+ <code class="computeroutput">someremotehost:5432 - no response</code>
76
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>echo $?</code></strong>
77
+ <code class="computeroutput">2</code>
78
+ </pre><p>
79
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_dumpall</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_amcheck</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-ecpg.html" title="ecpg" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgbasebackup.html" title="pg_basebackup" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_amcheck</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-ecpg.html" title="ecpg">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgbasebackup.html" title="pg_basebackup">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGAMCHECK"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.9.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_amcheck</span></span></h2><p>pg_amcheck — checks for corruption in one or more
3
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> databases</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.9.4.1"><code class="command">pg_amcheck</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.9.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
4
+ <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> supports running
5
+ <a class="xref" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">amcheck</a>'s corruption checking functions against one or
6
+ more databases, with options to select which schemas, tables and indexes to
7
+ check, which kinds of checking to perform, and whether to perform the checks
8
+ in parallel, and if so, the number of parallel connections to establish and
9
+ use.
10
+ </p><p>
11
+ Only ordinary and toast table relations, materialized views, sequences, and
12
+ btree indexes are currently supported. Other relation types are silently
13
+ skipped.
14
+ </p><p>
15
+ If <code class="literal">dbname</code> is specified, it should be the name of a
16
+ single database to check, and no other database selection options should
17
+ be present. Otherwise, if any database selection options are present,
18
+ all matching databases will be checked. If no such options are present,
19
+ the default database will be checked. Database selection options include
20
+ <code class="option">--all</code>, <code class="option">--database</code> and
21
+ <code class="option">--exclude-database</code>. They also include
22
+ <code class="option">--relation</code>, <code class="option">--exclude-relation</code>,
23
+ <code class="option">--table</code>, <code class="option">--exclude-table</code>,
24
+ <code class="option">--index</code>, and <code class="option">--exclude-index</code>,
25
+ but only when such options are used with a three-part pattern
26
+ (e.g. <code class="option">mydb*.myschema*.myrel*</code>). Finally, they include
27
+ <code class="option">--schema</code> and <code class="option">--exclude-schema</code>
28
+ when such options are used with a two-part pattern
29
+ (e.g. <code class="option">mydb*.myschema*</code>).
30
+ </p><p>
31
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can also be a
32
+ <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>.
33
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.9.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
34
+ The following command-line options control what is checked:
35
+
36
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--all</code></span></dt><dd><p>
37
+ Check all databases, except for any excluded via
38
+ <code class="option">--exclude-database</code>.
39
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--database=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
40
+ Check databases matching the specified
41
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>,
42
+ except for any excluded by <code class="option">--exclude-database</code>.
43
+ This option can be specified more than once.
44
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-database=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
45
+ Exclude databases matching the given
46
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>.
47
+ This option can be specified more than once.
48
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--index=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
49
+ Check indexes matching the specified
50
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>,
51
+ unless they are otherwise excluded.
52
+ This option can be specified more than once.
53
+ </p><p>
54
+ This is similar to the <code class="option">--relation</code> option, except that
55
+ it applies only to indexes, not to other relation types.
56
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-I <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-index=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
57
+ Exclude indexes matching the specified
58
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>.
59
+ This option can be specified more than once.
60
+ </p><p>
61
+ This is similar to the <code class="option">--exclude-relation</code> option,
62
+ except that it applies only to indexes, not other relation types.
63
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-r <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--relation=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ Check relations matching the specified
65
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>,
66
+ unless they are otherwise excluded.
67
+ This option can be specified more than once.
68
+ </p><p>
69
+ Patterns may be unqualified, e.g. <code class="literal">myrel*</code>, or they
70
+ may be schema-qualified, e.g. <code class="literal">myschema*.myrel*</code> or
71
+ database-qualified and schema-qualified, e.g.
72
+ <code class="literal">mydb*.myschema*.myrel*</code>. A database-qualified
73
+ pattern will add matching databases to the list of databases to be
74
+ checked.
75
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-R <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-relation=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
76
+ Exclude relations matching the specified
77
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>.
78
+ This option can be specified more than once.
79
+ </p><p>
80
+ As with <code class="option">--relation</code>, the
81
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a> may be unqualified, schema-qualified,
82
+ or database- and schema-qualified.
83
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
84
+ Check tables and indexes in schemas matching the specified
85
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>, unless they are otherwise excluded.
86
+ This option can be specified more than once.
87
+ </p><p>
88
+ To select only tables in schemas matching a particular pattern,
89
+ consider using something like
90
+ <code class="literal">--table=SCHEMAPAT.* --no-dependent-indexes</code>.
91
+ To select only indexes, consider using something like
92
+ <code class="literal">--index=SCHEMAPAT.*</code>.
93
+ </p><p>
94
+ A schema pattern may be database-qualified. For example, you may
95
+ write <code class="literal">--schema=mydb*.myschema*</code> to select
96
+ schemas matching <code class="literal">myschema*</code> in databases matching
97
+ <code class="literal">mydb*</code>.
98
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
99
+ Exclude tables and indexes in schemas matching the specified
100
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>.
101
+ This option can be specified more than once.
102
+ </p><p>
103
+ As with <code class="option">--schema</code>, the pattern may be
104
+ database-qualified.
105
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--table=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
106
+ Check tables matching the specified
107
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>,
108
+ unless they are otherwise excluded.
109
+ This option can be specified more than once.
110
+ </p><p>
111
+ This is similar to the <code class="option">--relation</code> option, except that
112
+ it applies only to tables, materialized views, and sequences, not to
113
+ indexes.
114
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-table=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
115
+ Exclude tables matching the specified
116
+ <a class="link" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns"><em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></a>.
117
+ This option can be specified more than once.
118
+ </p><p>
119
+ This is similar to the <code class="option">--exclude-relation</code> option,
120
+ except that it applies only to tables, materialized views, and
121
+ sequences, not to indexes.
122
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-dependent-indexes</code></span></dt><dd><p>
123
+ By default, if a table is checked, any btree indexes of that table
124
+ will also be checked, even if they are not explicitly selected by
125
+ an option such as <code class="literal">--index</code> or
126
+ <code class="literal">--relation</code>. This option suppresses that behavior.
127
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-dependent-toast</code></span></dt><dd><p>
128
+ By default, if a table is checked, its toast table, if any, will also
129
+ be checked, even if it is not explicitly selected by an option
130
+ such as <code class="literal">--table</code> or <code class="literal">--relation</code>.
131
+ This option suppresses that behavior.
132
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-strict-names</code></span></dt><dd><p>
133
+ By default, if an argument to <code class="literal">--database</code>,
134
+ <code class="literal">--table</code>, <code class="literal">--index</code>,
135
+ or <code class="literal">--relation</code> matches no objects, it is a fatal
136
+ error. This option downgrades that error to a warning.
137
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
138
+ </p><p>
139
+ The following command-line options control checking of tables:
140
+
141
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-toast-pointers</code></span></dt><dd><p>
142
+ By default, whenever a toast pointer is encountered in a table,
143
+ a lookup is performed to ensure that it references apparently-valid
144
+ entries in the toast table. These checks can be quite slow, and this
145
+ option can be used to skip them.
146
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--on-error-stop</code></span></dt><dd><p>
147
+ After reporting all corruptions on the first page of a table where
148
+ corruption is found, stop processing that table relation and move on
149
+ to the next table or index.
150
+ </p><p>
151
+ Note that index checking always stops after the first corrupt page.
152
+ This option only has meaning relative to table relations.
153
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--skip=<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
154
+ If <code class="literal">all-frozen</code> is given, table corruption checks
155
+ will skip over pages in all tables that are marked as all frozen.
156
+ </p><p>
157
+ If <code class="literal">all-visible</code> is given, table corruption checks
158
+ will skip over pages in all tables that are marked as all visible.
159
+ </p><p>
160
+ By default, no pages are skipped. This can be specified as
161
+ <code class="literal">none</code>, but since this is the default, it need not be
162
+ mentioned.
163
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--startblock=<em class="replaceable"><code>block</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
164
+ Start checking at the specified block number. An error will occur if
165
+ the table relation being checked has fewer than this number of blocks.
166
+ This option does not apply to indexes, and is probably only useful
167
+ when checking a single table relation. See <code class="literal">--endblock</code>
168
+ for further caveats.
169
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--endblock=<em class="replaceable"><code>block</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
170
+ End checking at the specified block number. An error will occur if the
171
+ table relation being checked has fewer than this number of blocks.
172
+ This option does not apply to indexes, and is probably only useful when
173
+ checking a single table relation. If both a regular table and a toast
174
+ table are checked, this option will apply to both, but higher-numbered
175
+ toast blocks may still be accessed while validating toast pointers,
176
+ unless that is suppressed using
177
+ <code class="option">--exclude-toast-pointers</code>.
178
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
179
+ </p><p>
180
+ The following command-line options control checking of B-tree indexes:
181
+
182
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--heapallindexed</code></span></dt><dd><p>
183
+ For each index checked, verify the presence of all heap tuples as index
184
+ tuples in the index using <a class="xref" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">amcheck</a>'s
185
+ <code class="option">heapallindexed</code> option.
186
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--parent-check</code></span></dt><dd><p>
187
+ For each btree index checked, use <a class="xref" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">amcheck</a>'s
188
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code> function, which performs
189
+ additional checks of parent/child relationships during index checking.
190
+ </p><p>
191
+ The default is to use <span class="application">amcheck</span>'s
192
+ <code class="function">bt_index_check</code> function, but note that use of the
193
+ <code class="option">--rootdescend</code> option implicitly selects
194
+ <code class="function">bt_index_parent_check</code>.
195
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--rootdescend</code></span></dt><dd><p>
196
+ For each index checked, re-find tuples on the leaf level by performing a
197
+ new search from the root page for each tuple using
198
+ <a class="xref" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">amcheck</a>'s <code class="option">rootdescend</code> option.
199
+ </p><p>
200
+ Use of this option implicitly also selects the
201
+ <code class="option">--parent-check</code> option.
202
+ </p><p>
203
+ This form of verification was originally written to help in the
204
+ development of btree index features. It may be of limited use or even
205
+ of no use in helping detect the kinds of corruption that occur in
206
+ practice. It may also cause corruption checking to take considerably
207
+ longer and consume considerably more resources on the server.
208
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
209
+ </p><div class="warning"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p>
210
+ The extra checks performed against B-tree indexes when the
211
+ <code class="option">--parent-check</code> option or the
212
+ <code class="option">--rootdescend</code> option is specified require
213
+ relatively strong relation-level locks. These checks are the only
214
+ checks that will block concurrent data modification from
215
+ <code class="command">INSERT</code>, <code class="command">UPDATE</code>, and
216
+ <code class="command">DELETE</code> commands.
217
+ </p></div><p>
218
+ The following command-line options control the connection to the server:
219
+
220
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
221
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running.
222
+ If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the
223
+ Unix domain socket.
224
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
225
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on
226
+ which the server is listening for connections.
227
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
228
+ User name to connect as.
229
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
230
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires password
231
+ authentication and a password is not available by other means such as
232
+ a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the connection attempt will fail.
233
+ This option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user is
234
+ present to enter a password.
235
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
236
+ Force <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> to prompt for a password
237
+ before connecting to a database.
238
+ </p><p>
239
+ This option is never essential, since
240
+ <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> will automatically prompt for a
241
+ password if the server demands password authentication. However,
242
+ <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> will waste a connection attempt
243
+ finding out that the server wants a password. In some cases it is
244
+ worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra connection attempt.
245
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maintenance-db=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
246
+ Specifies a database or
247
+ <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a> to be
248
+ used to discover the list of databases to be checked. If neither
249
+ <code class="option">--all</code> nor any option including a database pattern is
250
+ used, no such connection is required and this option does nothing.
251
+ Otherwise, any connection string parameters other than
252
+ the database name which are included in the value for this option
253
+ will also be used when connecting to the databases
254
+ being checked. If this option is omitted, the default is
255
+ <code class="literal">postgres</code> or, if that fails,
256
+ <code class="literal">template1</code>.
257
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
258
+ </p><p>
259
+ Other options are also available:
260
+
261
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
262
+ Echo to stdout all SQL sent to the server.
263
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-j <em class="replaceable"><code>num</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--jobs=<em class="replaceable"><code>num</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
264
+ Use <em class="replaceable"><code>num</code></em> concurrent connections to the server,
265
+ or one per object to be checked, whichever is less.
266
+ </p><p>
267
+ The default is to use a single connection.
268
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--progress</code></span></dt><dd><p>
269
+ Show progress information. Progress information includes the number
270
+ of relations for which checking has been completed, and the total
271
+ size of those relations. It also includes the total number of relations
272
+ that will eventually be checked, and the estimated size of those
273
+ relations.
274
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
275
+ Print more messages. In particular, this will print a message for
276
+ each relation being checked, and will increase the level of detail
277
+ shown for server errors.
278
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
279
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> version and exit.
280
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--install-missing</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--install-missing=<em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
281
+ Install any missing extensions that are required to check the
282
+ database(s). If not yet installed, each extension's objects will be
283
+ installed into the given
284
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em>, or if not specified
285
+ into schema <code class="literal">pg_catalog</code>.
286
+ </p><p>
287
+ At present, the only required extension is <a class="xref" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">amcheck</a>.
288
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
289
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> command line
290
+ arguments, and exit.
291
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
292
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.9.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
293
+ <span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> is designed to work with
294
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 14.0 and later.
295
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.9.8"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">amcheck</a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-ecpg.html" title="ecpg">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgbasebackup.html" title="pg_basebackup">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">ecpg</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> is used to take a base backup of
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+ a running <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster. The backup
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+ is taken without affecting other clients of the database, and can be used
6
+ both for point-in-time recovery (see <a class="xref" href="continuous-archiving.html" title="26.3. Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)">Section 26.3</a>)
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+ and as the starting point for a log-shipping or streaming-replication standby
8
+ server (see <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html" title="27.2. Log-Shipping Standby Servers">Section 27.2</a>).
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> makes an exact copy of the database
11
+ cluster's files, while making sure the server is put into and
12
+ out of backup mode automatically. Backups are always taken of the entire
13
+ database cluster; it is not possible to back up individual databases or
14
+ database objects. For selective backups, another tool such as
15
+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></a> must be used.
16
+ </p><p>
17
+ The backup is made over a regular <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
18
+ connection that uses the replication protocol. The connection must be made
19
+ with a user ID that has <code class="literal">REPLICATION</code> permissions
20
+ (see <a class="xref" href="role-attributes.html" title="22.2. Role Attributes">Section 22.2</a>) or is a superuser,
21
+ and <a class="link" href="auth-pg-hba-conf.html" title="21.1. The pg_hba.conf File"><code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code></a>
22
+ must permit the replication connection. The server must also be configured
23
+ with <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-MAX-WAL-SENDERS">max_wal_senders</a> set high enough to provide at
24
+ least one walsender for the backup plus one for WAL streaming (if used).
25
+ </p><p>
26
+ There can be multiple <code class="command">pg_basebackup</code>s running at the same time, but it is usually
27
+ better from a performance point of view to take only one backup, and copy
28
+ the result.
29
+ </p><p>
30
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> can make a base backup from
31
+ not only a primary server but also a standby. To take a backup from a standby,
32
+ set up the standby so that it can accept replication connections (that is, set
33
+ <code class="varname">max_wal_senders</code> and <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-HOT-STANDBY">hot_standby</a>,
34
+ and configure its <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code> appropriately).
35
+ You will also need to enable <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-FULL-PAGE-WRITES">full_page_writes</a> on the primary.
36
+ </p><p>
37
+ Note that there are some limitations in taking a backup from a standby:
38
+
39
+ </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
40
+ The backup history file is not created in the database cluster backed up.
41
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
42
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> cannot force the standby
43
+ to switch to a new WAL file at the end of backup.
44
+ When you are using <code class="literal">-X none</code>, if write activity on
45
+ the primary is low, <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> may
46
+ need to wait a long time for the last WAL file required for the backup
47
+ to be switched and archived. In this case, it may be useful to run
48
+ <code class="function">pg_switch_wal</code> on the primary in order to
49
+ trigger an immediate WAL file switch.
50
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
51
+ If the standby is promoted to be primary during backup, the backup fails.
52
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
53
+ All WAL records required for the backup must contain sufficient full-page writes,
54
+ which requires you to enable <code class="varname">full_page_writes</code> on the primary.
55
+ </p></li></ul></div><p>
56
+ </p><p>
57
+ Whenever <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> is taking a base
58
+ backup, the server's <code class="structname">pg_stat_progress_basebackup</code>
59
+ view will report the progress of the backup.
60
+ See <a class="xref" href="progress-reporting.html#BASEBACKUP-PROGRESS-REPORTING" title="28.4.6. Base Backup Progress Reporting">Section 28.4.6</a> for details.
61
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.10.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
62
+ The following command-line options control the location and format of the
63
+ output:
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+
65
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--pgdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Sets the target directory to write the output to.
67
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> will create this directory
68
+ (and any missing parent directories) if it does not exist. If it
69
+ already exists, it must be empty.
70
+ </p><p>
71
+ When the backup is in tar format, the target directory may be
72
+ specified as <code class="literal">-</code> (dash), causing the tar file to be
73
+ written to <code class="literal">stdout</code>.
74
+ </p><p>
75
+ This option is required.
76
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-F <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--format=<em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
77
+ Selects the format for the output. <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em>
78
+ can be one of the following:
79
+
80
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">p</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">plain</code></span></dt><dd><p>
81
+ Write the output as plain files, with the same layout as the
82
+ source server's data directory and tablespaces. When the cluster has
83
+ no additional tablespaces, the whole database will be placed in
84
+ the target directory. If the cluster contains additional
85
+ tablespaces, the main data directory will be placed in the
86
+ target directory, but all other tablespaces will be placed
87
+ in the same absolute path as they have on the source server.
88
+ (See <code class="option">--tablespace-mapping</code> to change that.)
89
+ </p><p>
90
+ This is the default format.
91
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">t</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">tar</code></span></dt><dd><p>
92
+ Write the output as tar files in the target directory. The main
93
+ data directory's contents will be written to a file named
94
+ <code class="filename">base.tar</code>, and each other tablespace will be
95
+ written to a separate tar file named after that tablespace's OID.
96
+ </p><p>
97
+ If the target directory is specified as <code class="literal">-</code>
98
+ (dash), the tar contents will be written to
99
+ standard output, suitable for piping to (for example)
100
+ <span class="productname">gzip</span>. This is only allowed if
101
+ the cluster has no additional tablespaces and WAL
102
+ streaming is not used.
103
+ </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-R</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--write-recovery-conf</code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Creates a
105
+ <a class="link" href="warm-standby.html#FILE-STANDBY-SIGNAL"><code class="filename">standby.signal</code></a>
106
+ <a id="id-1.9.4.10.6.2.1.3.3.1.2" class="indexterm"></a>
107
+ file and appends
108
+ connection settings to the <code class="filename">postgresql.auto.conf</code>
109
+ file in the target directory (or within the base archive file when
110
+ using tar format). This eases setting up a standby server using the
111
+ results of the backup.
112
+ </p><p>
113
+ The <code class="filename">postgresql.auto.conf</code> file will record the connection
114
+ settings and, if specified, the replication slot
115
+ that <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> is using, so that
116
+ streaming replication will use the same settings later on.
117
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>target</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--target=<em class="replaceable"><code>target</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
118
+ Instructs the server where to place the base backup. The default target
119
+ is <code class="literal">client</code>, which specifies that the backup should
120
+ be sent to the machine where <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span>
121
+ is running. If the target is instead set to
122
+ <code class="literal">server:/some/path</code>, the backup will be stored on
123
+ the machine where the server is running in the
124
+ <code class="literal">/some/path</code> directory. Storing a backup on the
125
+ server requires superuser privileges or having privileges of the
126
+ <code class="literal">pg_write_server_files</code> role. If the target is set to
127
+ <code class="literal">blackhole</code>, the contents are discarded and not
128
+ stored anywhere. This should only be used for testing purposes, as you
129
+ will not end up with an actual backup.
130
+ </p><p>
131
+ Since WAL streaming is implemented by
132
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> rather than by the server,
133
+ this option cannot be used together with <code class="literal">-Xstream</code>.
134
+ Since that is the default, when this option is specified, you must also
135
+ specify either <code class="literal">-Xfetch</code> or <code class="literal">-Xnone</code>.
136
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>olddir</code></em>=<em class="replaceable"><code>newdir</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--tablespace-mapping=<em class="replaceable"><code>olddir</code></em>=<em class="replaceable"><code>newdir</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
137
+ Relocates the tablespace in directory <em class="replaceable"><code>olddir</code></em>
138
+ to <em class="replaceable"><code>newdir</code></em> during the backup. To be
139
+ effective, <em class="replaceable"><code>olddir</code></em> must exactly match the
140
+ path specification of the tablespace as it is defined on the source
141
+ server. (But it is not an error if there is no tablespace
142
+ in <em class="replaceable"><code>olddir</code></em> on the source server.)
143
+ Meanwhile <em class="replaceable"><code>newdir</code></em> is a directory in the
144
+ receiving host's filesystem. As with the main target directory,
145
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>newdir</code></em> need not exist already, but if
146
+ it does exist it must be empty.
147
+ Both <em class="replaceable"><code>olddir</code></em>
148
+ and <em class="replaceable"><code>newdir</code></em> must be absolute paths. If
149
+ either path needs to contain an equal sign (<code class="literal">=</code>),
150
+ precede that with a backslash. This option can be specified multiple
151
+ times for multiple tablespaces.
152
+ </p><p>
153
+ If a tablespace is relocated in this way, the symbolic links inside
154
+ the main data directory are updated to point to the new location. So
155
+ the new data directory is ready to be used for a new server instance
156
+ with all tablespaces in the updated locations.
157
+ </p><p>
158
+ Currently, this option only works with plain output format; it is
159
+ ignored if tar format is selected.
160
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--waldir=<em class="replaceable"><code>waldir</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
161
+ Sets the directory to write WAL (write-ahead log) files to.
162
+ By default WAL files will be placed in
163
+ the <code class="filename">pg_wal</code> subdirectory of the target
164
+ directory, but this option can be used to place them elsewhere.
165
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>waldir</code></em> must be an absolute path.
166
+ As with the main target directory,
167
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>waldir</code></em> need not exist already, but if
168
+ it does exist it must be empty.
169
+ This option can only be specified when
170
+ the backup is in plain format.
171
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-X <em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--wal-method=<em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
172
+ Includes the required WAL (write-ahead log) files in the
173
+ backup. This will include all write-ahead logs generated during
174
+ the backup. Unless the method <code class="literal">none</code> is specified,
175
+ it is possible to start a postmaster in the target
176
+ directory without the need to consult the WAL archive, thus
177
+ making the output a completely standalone backup.
178
+ </p><p>
179
+ The following <em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em>s for collecting the
180
+ write-ahead logs are supported:
181
+
182
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">none</code></span></dt><dd><p>
183
+ Don't include write-ahead logs in the backup.
184
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">f</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">fetch</code></span></dt><dd><p>
185
+ The write-ahead log files are collected at the end of the backup.
186
+ Therefore, it is necessary for the source server's
187
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-WAL-KEEP-SIZE">wal_keep_size</a> parameter to be set high
188
+ enough that the required log data is not removed before the end
189
+ of the backup. If the required log data has been recycled
190
+ before it's time to transfer it, the backup will fail and be
191
+ unusable.
192
+ </p><p>
193
+ When tar format is used, the write-ahead log files will be
194
+ included in the <code class="filename">base.tar</code> file.
195
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">stream</code></span></dt><dd><p>
196
+ Stream write-ahead log data while the backup is being taken.
197
+ This method will open a second connection to the server and
198
+ start streaming the write-ahead log in parallel while running
199
+ the backup. Therefore, it will require two replication
200
+ connections not just one. As long as the client can keep up
201
+ with the write-ahead log data, using this method requires no
202
+ extra write-ahead logs to be saved on the source server.
203
+ </p><p>
204
+ When tar format is used, the write-ahead log files will be
205
+ written to a separate file named <code class="filename">pg_wal.tar</code>
206
+ (if the server is a version earlier than 10, the file will be named
207
+ <code class="filename">pg_xlog.tar</code>).
208
+ </p><p>
209
+ This value is the default.
210
+ </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-z</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--gzip</code></span></dt><dd><p>
211
+ Enables gzip compression of tar file output, with the default
212
+ compression level. Compression is only available when using
213
+ the tar format, and the suffix <code class="filename">.gz</code> will
214
+ automatically be added to all tar filenames.
215
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-Z <em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">-Z [{client|server}-]<em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em>[:<em class="replaceable"><code>detail</code></em>]</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--compress=<em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--compress=[{client|server}-]<em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em>[:<em class="replaceable"><code>detail</code></em>]</code></span></dt><dd><p>
216
+ Requests compression of the backup. If <code class="literal">client</code> or
217
+ <code class="literal">server</code> is included, it specifies where the
218
+ compression is to be performed. Compressing on the server will reduce
219
+ transfer bandwidth but will increase server CPU consumption. The
220
+ default is <code class="literal">client</code> except when
221
+ <code class="literal">--target</code> is used. In that case, the backup is not
222
+ being sent to the client, so only server compression is sensible.
223
+ When <code class="literal">-Xstream</code>, which is the default, is used,
224
+ server-side compression will not be applied to the WAL. To compress
225
+ the WAL, use client-side compression, or
226
+ specify <code class="literal">-Xfetch</code>.
227
+ </p><p>
228
+ The compression method can be set to <code class="literal">gzip</code>,
229
+ <code class="literal">lz4</code>, <code class="literal">zstd</code>,
230
+ <code class="literal">none</code> for no compression or an integer (no
231
+ compression if 0, <code class="literal">gzip</code> if greater than 0).
232
+ A compression detail string can optionally be specified.
233
+ If the detail string is an integer, it specifies the compression
234
+ level. Otherwise, it should be a comma-separated list of items,
235
+ each of the form <code class="literal">keyword</code> or
236
+ <code class="literal">keyword=value</code>.
237
+ Currently, the supported keywords are <code class="literal">level</code>,
238
+ <code class="literal">long</code>, and <code class="literal">workers</code>.
239
+ The detail string cannot be used when the compression method
240
+ is specified as a plain integer.
241
+ </p><p>
242
+ If no compression level is specified, the default compression level
243
+ will be used. If only a level is specified without mentioning an
244
+ algorithm, <code class="literal">gzip</code> compression will be used if the
245
+ level is greater than 0, and no compression will be used if the level
246
+ is 0.
247
+ </p><p>
248
+ When the tar format is used with <code class="literal">gzip</code>,
249
+ <code class="literal">lz4</code>, or <code class="literal">zstd</code>, the suffix
250
+ <code class="filename">.gz</code>, <code class="filename">.lz4</code>, or
251
+ <code class="filename">.zst</code>, respectively, will be automatically added to
252
+ all tar filenames. When the plain format is used, client-side
253
+ compression may not be specified, but it is still possible to request
254
+ server-side compression. If this is done, the server will compress the
255
+ backup for transmission, and the client will decompress and extract it.
256
+ </p><p>
257
+ When this option is used in combination with
258
+ <code class="literal">-Xstream</code>, <code class="literal">pg_wal.tar</code> will
259
+ be compressed using <code class="literal">gzip</code> if client-side gzip
260
+ compression is selected, but will not be compressed if any other
261
+ compression algorithm is selected, or if server-side compression
262
+ is selected.
263
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
264
+ </p><p>
265
+ The following command-line options control the generation of the
266
+ backup and the invocation of the program:
267
+
268
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c {fast|spread}</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--checkpoint={fast|spread}</code></span></dt><dd><p>
269
+ Sets checkpoint mode to fast (immediate) or spread (the default)
270
+ (see <a class="xref" href="continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-LOWLEVEL-BASE-BACKUP" title="26.3.3. Making a Base Backup Using the Low Level API">Section 26.3.3</a>).
271
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-C</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--create-slot</code></span></dt><dd><p>
272
+ Specifies that the replication slot named by the
273
+ <code class="literal">--slot</code> option should be created before starting
274
+ the backup. An error is raised if the slot already exists.
275
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--label=<em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
276
+ Sets the label for the backup. If none is specified, a default value of
277
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">pg_basebackup base backup</code></span>”</span> will be used.
278
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-clean</code></span></dt><dd><p>
279
+ By default, when <code class="command">pg_basebackup</code> aborts with an
280
+ error, it removes any directories it might have created before
281
+ discovering that it cannot finish the job (for example, the target
282
+ directory and write-ahead log directory). This option inhibits
283
+ tidying-up and is thus useful for debugging.
284
+ </p><p>
285
+ Note that tablespace directories are not cleaned up either way.
286
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-sync</code></span></dt><dd><p>
287
+ By default, <code class="command">pg_basebackup</code> will wait for all files
288
+ to be written safely to disk. This option causes
289
+ <code class="command">pg_basebackup</code> to return without waiting, which is
290
+ faster, but means that a subsequent operating system crash can leave
291
+ the base backup corrupt. Generally, this option is useful for testing
292
+ but should not be used when creating a production installation.
293
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--progress</code></span></dt><dd><p>
294
+ Enables progress reporting. Turning this on will deliver an approximate
295
+ progress report during the backup. Since the database may change during
296
+ the backup, this is only an approximation and may not end at exactly
297
+ <code class="literal">100%</code>. In particular, when WAL log is included in the
298
+ backup, the total amount of data cannot be estimated in advance, and
299
+ in this case the estimated target size will increase once it passes the
300
+ total estimate without WAL.
301
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-r <em class="replaceable"><code>rate</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--max-rate=<em class="replaceable"><code>rate</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
302
+ Sets the maximum transfer rate at which data is collected from the
303
+ source server. This can be useful to limit the impact
304
+ of <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> on the server. Values
305
+ are in kilobytes per second. Use a suffix of <code class="literal">M</code>
306
+ to indicate megabytes per second. A suffix of <code class="literal">k</code>
307
+ is also accepted, and has no effect. Valid values are between 32
308
+ kilobytes per second and 1024 megabytes per second.
309
+ </p><p>
310
+ This option always affects transfer of the data directory. Transfer of
311
+ WAL files is only affected if the collection method
312
+ is <code class="literal">fetch</code>.
313
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>slotname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--slot=<em class="replaceable"><code>slotname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
314
+ This option can only be used together with <code class="literal">-X
315
+ stream</code>. It causes WAL streaming to use the specified
316
+ replication slot. If the base backup is intended to be used as a
317
+ streaming-replication standby using a replication slot, the standby
318
+ should then use the same replication slot name as
319
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-PRIMARY-SLOT-NAME">primary_slot_name</a>. This ensures that the
320
+ primary server does not remove any necessary WAL data in the time
321
+ between the end of the base backup and the start of streaming
322
+ replication on the new standby.
323
+ </p><p>
324
+ The specified replication slot has to exist unless the
325
+ option <code class="option">-C</code> is also used.
326
+ </p><p>
327
+ If this option is not specified and the server supports temporary
328
+ replication slots (version 10 and later), then a temporary replication
329
+ slot is automatically used for WAL streaming.
330
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
331
+ Enables verbose mode. Will output some extra steps during startup and
332
+ shutdown, as well as show the exact file name that is currently being
333
+ processed if progress reporting is also enabled.
334
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--manifest-checksums=<em class="replaceable"><code>algorithm</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
335
+ Specifies the checksum algorithm that should be applied to each file
336
+ included in the backup manifest. Currently, the available
337
+ algorithms are <code class="literal">NONE</code>, <code class="literal">CRC32C</code>,
338
+ <code class="literal">SHA224</code>, <code class="literal">SHA256</code>,
339
+ <code class="literal">SHA384</code>, and <code class="literal">SHA512</code>.
340
+ The default is <code class="literal">CRC32C</code>.
341
+ </p><p>
342
+ If <code class="literal">NONE</code> is selected, the backup manifest will
343
+ not contain any checksums. Otherwise, it will contain a checksum
344
+ of each file in the backup using the specified algorithm. In addition,
345
+ the manifest will always contain a <code class="literal">SHA256</code>
346
+ checksum of its own contents. The <code class="literal">SHA</code> algorithms
347
+ are significantly more CPU-intensive than <code class="literal">CRC32C</code>,
348
+ so selecting one of them may increase the time required to complete
349
+ the backup.
350
+ </p><p>
351
+ Using a SHA hash function provides a cryptographically secure digest
352
+ of each file for users who wish to verify that the backup has not been
353
+ tampered with, while the CRC32C algorithm provides a checksum that is
354
+ much faster to calculate; it is good at catching errors due to accidental
355
+ changes but is not resistant to malicious modifications. Note that, to
356
+ be useful against an adversary who has access to the backup, the backup
357
+ manifest would need to be stored securely elsewhere or otherwise
358
+ verified not to have been modified since the backup was taken.
359
+ </p><p>
360
+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgverifybackup.html" title="pg_verifybackup"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span></span></a> can be used to check the
361
+ integrity of a backup against the backup manifest.
362
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--manifest-force-encode</code></span></dt><dd><p>
363
+ Forces all filenames in the backup manifest to be hex-encoded.
364
+ If this option is not specified, only non-UTF8 filenames are
365
+ hex-encoded. This option is mostly intended to test that tools which
366
+ read a backup manifest file properly handle this case.
367
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-estimate-size</code></span></dt><dd><p>
368
+ Prevents the server from estimating the total
369
+ amount of backup data that will be streamed, resulting in the
370
+ <code class="structfield">backup_total</code> column in the
371
+ <code class="structname">pg_stat_progress_basebackup</code> view
372
+ always being <code class="literal">NULL</code>.
373
+ </p><p>
374
+ Without this option, the backup will start by enumerating
375
+ the size of the entire database, and then go back and send
376
+ the actual contents. This may make the backup take slightly
377
+ longer, and in particular it will take longer before the first
378
+ data is sent. This option is useful to avoid such estimation
379
+ time if it's too long.
380
+ </p><p>
381
+ This option is not allowed when using <code class="option">--progress</code>.
382
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-manifest</code></span></dt><dd><p>
383
+ Disables generation of a backup manifest. If this option is not
384
+ specified, the server will generate and send a backup manifest
385
+ which can be verified using <a class="xref" href="app-pgverifybackup.html" title="pg_verifybackup"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span></span></a>.
386
+ The manifest is a list of every file present in the backup with the
387
+ exception of any WAL files that may be included. It also stores the
388
+ size, last modification time, and an optional checksum for each file.
389
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-slot</code></span></dt><dd><p>
390
+ Prevents the creation of a temporary replication slot
391
+ for the backup.
392
+ </p><p>
393
+ By default, if log streaming is selected but no slot name is given
394
+ with the <code class="option">-S</code> option, then a temporary replication
395
+ slot is created (if supported by the source server).
396
+ </p><p>
397
+ The main purpose of this option is to allow taking a base backup when
398
+ the server has no free replication slots. Using a replication slot
399
+ is almost always preferred, because it prevents needed WAL from being
400
+ removed by the server during the backup.
401
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-verify-checksums</code></span></dt><dd><p>
402
+ Disables verification of checksums, if they are enabled on the server
403
+ the base backup is taken from.
404
+ </p><p>
405
+ By default, checksums are verified and checksum failures will result
406
+ in a non-zero exit status. However, the base backup will not be
407
+ removed in such a case, as if the <code class="option">--no-clean</code> option
408
+ had been used. Checksum verification failures will also be reported
409
+ in the <a class="link" href="monitoring-stats.html#MONITORING-PG-STAT-DATABASE-VIEW" title="28.2.16. pg_stat_database">
410
+ <code class="structname">pg_stat_database</code></a> view.
411
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
412
+ </p><p>
413
+ The following command-line options control the connection to the source
414
+ server:
415
+
416
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
417
+ Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>; these
418
+ will override any conflicting command line options.
419
+ </p><p>
420
+ The option is called <code class="literal">--dbname</code> for consistency with other
421
+ client applications, but because <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span>
422
+ doesn't connect to any particular database in the cluster, any database
423
+ name in the connection string will be ignored.
424
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
425
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
426
+ running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
427
+ directory for a Unix domain socket. The default is taken
428
+ from the <code class="envar">PGHOST</code> environment variable, if set,
429
+ else a Unix domain socket connection is attempted.
430
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
431
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
432
+ extension on which the server is listening for connections.
433
+ Defaults to the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> environment variable, if
434
+ set, or a compiled-in default.
435
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>interval</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--status-interval=<em class="replaceable"><code>interval</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
436
+ Specifies the number of seconds between status packets sent back to
437
+ the source server. Smaller values allow more accurate monitoring of
438
+ backup progress from the server.
439
+ A value of zero disables periodic status updates completely,
440
+ although an update will still be sent when requested by the server, to
441
+ avoid timeout-based disconnects. The default value is 10 seconds.
442
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
443
+ Specifies the user name to connect as.
444
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
445
+ Prevents issuing a password prompt. If the server requires
446
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
447
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
448
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
449
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
450
+ password.
451
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
452
+ Forces <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> to prompt for a
453
+ password before connecting to the source server.
454
+ </p><p>
455
+ This option is never essential, since
456
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> will automatically prompt
457
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
458
+ However, <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> will waste a
459
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
460
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
461
+ connection attempt.
462
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
463
+ </p><p>
464
+ Other options are also available:
465
+
466
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
467
+ Prints the <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> version and exits.
468
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
469
+ Shows help about <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> command line
470
+ arguments, and exits.
471
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
472
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.10.7"><h2>Environment</h2><p>
473
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
474
+ uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
475
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
476
+ </p><p>
477
+ The environment variable <code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code> specifies whether to use
478
+ color in diagnostic messages. Possible values are
479
+ <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
480
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
481
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.10.8"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
482
+ At the beginning of the backup, a checkpoint needs to be performed on the
483
+ source server. This can take some time (especially if the option
484
+ <code class="literal">--checkpoint=fast</code> is not used), during
485
+ which <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> will appear to be idle.
486
+ </p><p>
487
+ The backup will include all files in the data directory and tablespaces,
488
+ including the configuration files and any additional files placed in the
489
+ directory by third parties, except certain temporary files managed by
490
+ PostgreSQL and operating system files. But only regular files and
491
+ directories are copied, except that
492
+ symbolic links used for tablespaces are preserved. Symbolic links pointing
493
+ to certain directories known to PostgreSQL are copied as empty directories.
494
+ Other symbolic links and special device files are skipped.
495
+ See <a class="xref" href="protocol-replication.html" title="55.4. Streaming Replication Protocol">Section 55.4</a> for the precise details.
496
+ </p><p>
497
+ In plain format, tablespaces will be backed up to the same path
498
+ they have on the source server, unless the
499
+ option <code class="literal">--tablespace-mapping</code> is used. Without
500
+ this option, running a plain format base backup on the same host as the
501
+ server will not work if tablespaces are in use, because the backup would
502
+ have to be written to the same directory locations as the original
503
+ tablespaces.
504
+ </p><p>
505
+ When tar format is used, it is the user's responsibility to unpack each
506
+ tar file before starting a PostgreSQL server that uses the data. If there
507
+ are additional tablespaces, the
508
+ tar files for them need to be unpacked in the correct locations. In this
509
+ case the symbolic links for those tablespaces will be created by the server
510
+ according to the contents of the <code class="filename">tablespace_map</code> file that is
511
+ included in the <code class="filename">base.tar</code> file.
512
+ </p><p>
513
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> works with servers of the same
514
+ or an older major version, down to 9.1. However, WAL streaming mode (<code class="literal">-X
515
+ stream</code>) only works with server version 9.3 and later, and tar format
516
+ (<code class="literal">--format=tar</code>) only works with server version 9.5
517
+ and later.
518
+ </p><p>
519
+ <span class="application">pg_basebackup</span> will preserve group permissions
520
+ for data files if group permissions are enabled on the source cluster.
521
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.10.9"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
522
+ To create a base backup of the server at <code class="literal">mydbserver</code>
523
+ and store it in the local directory
524
+ <code class="filename">/usr/local/pgsql/data</code>:
525
+ </p><pre class="screen">
526
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</code></strong>
527
+ </pre><p>
528
+ </p><p>
529
+ To create a backup of the local server with one compressed
530
+ tar file for each tablespace, and store it in the directory
531
+ <code class="filename">backup</code>, showing a progress report while running:
532
+ </p><pre class="screen">
533
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -D backup -Ft -z -P</code></strong>
534
+ </pre><p>
535
+ </p><p>
536
+ To create a backup of a single-tablespace local database and compress
537
+ this with <span class="productname">bzip2</span>:
538
+ </p><pre class="screen">
539
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -D - -Ft -X fetch | bzip2 &gt; backup.tar.bz2</code></strong>
540
+ </pre><p>
541
+ (This command will fail if there are multiple tablespaces in the
542
+ database.)
543
+ </p><p>
544
+ To create a backup of a local database where the tablespace in
545
+ <code class="filename">/opt/ts</code> is relocated
546
+ to <code class="filename">./backup/ts</code>:
547
+ </p><pre class="screen">
548
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -D backup/data -T /opt/ts=$(pwd)/backup/ts</code></strong>
549
+ </pre><p>
550
+ To create a backup of a local server with one tar file for each tablespace
551
+ compressed with <span class="application">gzip</span> at level 9, stored in the
552
+ directory <code class="filename">backup</code>:
553
+ </p><pre class="screen">
554
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -D backup -Ft --compress=gzip:9</code></strong>
555
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.10.10"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="progress-reporting.html#BASEBACKUP-PROGRESS-REPORTING" title="28.4.6. Base Backup Progress Reporting">Section 28.4.6</a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgamcheck.html" title="pg_amcheck">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pgbench.html" title="pgbench">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_amcheck</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pgbench</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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3
+ <span class="application">pg_checksums</span> checks, enables or disables data
4
+ checksums in a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster. The server
5
+ must be shut down cleanly before running
6
+ <span class="application">pg_checksums</span>. When verifying checksums, the exit
7
+ status is zero if there are no checksum errors, and nonzero if at least one
8
+ checksum failure is detected. When enabling or disabling checksums, the
9
+ exit status is nonzero if the operation failed.
10
+ </p><p>
11
+ When verifying checksums, every file in the cluster is scanned. When
12
+ enabling checksums, each relation file block with a changed checksum is
13
+ rewritten in-place.
14
+ Disabling checksums only updates the file <code class="filename">pg_control</code>.
15
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.5.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
16
+ The following command-line options are available:
17
+
18
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--pgdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
19
+ Specifies the directory where the database cluster is stored.
20
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--check</code></span></dt><dd><p>
21
+ Checks checksums. This is the default mode if nothing else is
22
+ specified.
23
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable</code></span></dt><dd><p>
24
+ Disables checksums.
25
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable</code></span></dt><dd><p>
26
+ Enables checksums.
27
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filenode</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--filenode=<em class="replaceable"><code>filenode</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
28
+ Only validate checksums in the relation with filenode
29
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>filenode</code></em>.
30
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-sync</code></span></dt><dd><p>
31
+ By default, <code class="command">pg_checksums</code> will wait for all files
32
+ to be written safely to disk. This option causes
33
+ <code class="command">pg_checksums</code> to return without waiting, which is
34
+ faster, but means that a subsequent operating system crash can leave
35
+ the updated data directory corrupt. Generally, this option is useful
36
+ for testing but should not be used on a production installation.
37
+ This option has no effect when using <code class="literal">--check</code>.
38
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--progress</code></span></dt><dd><p>
39
+ Enable progress reporting. Turning this on will deliver a progress
40
+ report while checking or enabling checksums.
41
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
42
+ Enable verbose output. Lists all checked files.
43
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
44
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_checksums</span> version and exit.
45
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
46
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_checksums</span> command line
47
+ arguments, and exit.
48
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
49
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.5.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATA</code></span></dt><dd><p>
50
+ Specifies the directory where the database cluster is
51
+ stored; can be overridden using the <code class="option">-D</code> option.
52
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
53
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
54
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
55
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
56
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.5.8"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
57
+ Enabling checksums in a large cluster can potentially take a long time.
58
+ During this operation, the cluster or other programs that write to the
59
+ data directory must not be started or else data loss may occur.
60
+ </p><p>
61
+ When using a replication setup with tools which perform direct copies
62
+ of relation file blocks (for example <a class="xref" href="app-pgrewind.html" title="pg_rewind"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_rewind</span></span></a>),
63
+ enabling or disabling checksums can lead to page corruptions in the
64
+ shape of incorrect checksums if the operation is not done consistently
65
+ across all nodes. When enabling or disabling checksums in a replication
66
+ setup, it is thus recommended to stop all the clusters before switching
67
+ them all consistently. Destroying all standbys, performing the operation
68
+ on the primary and finally recreating the standbys from scratch is also
69
+ safe.
70
+ </p><p>
71
+ If <span class="application">pg_checksums</span> is aborted or killed while
72
+ enabling or disabling checksums, the cluster's data checksum configuration
73
+ remains unchanged, and <span class="application">pg_checksums</span> can be
74
+ re-run to perform the same operation.
75
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgarchivecleanup.html" title="pg_archivecleanup">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgcontroldata.html" title="pg_controldata">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_archivecleanup</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_controldata</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_config</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="pgbench.html" title="pgbench" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_config</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgbench.html" title="pgbench">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGCONFIG"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.12.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_config</span></span></h2><p>pg_config — retrieve information about the installed version of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span></p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.12.4.1"><code class="command">pg_config</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.12.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ The <span class="application">pg_config</span> utility prints configuration parameters
4
+ of the currently installed version of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. It is
5
+ intended, for example, to be used by software packages that want to interface
6
+ to <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> to facilitate finding the required header files
7
+ and libraries.
8
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.12.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
9
+ To use <span class="application">pg_config</span>, supply one or more of the following
10
+ options:
11
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--bindir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
12
+ Print the location of user executables. Use this, for example, to find
13
+ the <code class="command">psql</code> program. This is normally also the location
14
+ where the <code class="filename">pg_config</code> program resides.
15
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--docdir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
16
+ Print the location of documentation files.
17
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--htmldir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
18
+ Print the location of HTML documentation files.
19
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--includedir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
20
+ Print the location of C header files of the client interfaces.
21
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--pkgincludedir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
22
+ Print the location of other C header files.
23
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--includedir-server</code></span></dt><dd><p>
24
+ Print the location of C header files for server programming.
25
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--libdir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
26
+ Print the location of object code libraries.
27
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--pkglibdir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
28
+ Print the location of dynamically loadable modules, or where
29
+ the server would search for them. (Other
30
+ architecture-dependent data files might also be installed in this
31
+ directory.)
32
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--localedir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
33
+ Print the location of locale support files. (This will be an empty
34
+ string if locale support was not configured when
35
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> was built.)
36
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--mandir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
37
+ Print the location of manual pages.
38
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--sharedir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
39
+ Print the location of architecture-independent support files.
40
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--sysconfdir</code></span></dt><dd><p>
41
+ Print the location of system-wide configuration files.
42
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--pgxs</code></span></dt><dd><p>
43
+ Print the location of extension makefiles.
44
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--configure</code></span></dt><dd><p>
45
+ Print the options that were given to the <code class="filename">configure</code>
46
+ script when <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> was configured for building.
47
+ This can be used to reproduce the identical configuration, or
48
+ to find out with what options a binary package was built. (Note
49
+ however that binary packages often contain vendor-specific custom
50
+ patches.) See also the examples below.
51
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--cc</code></span></dt><dd><p>
52
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">CC</code> variable that was used for building
53
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This shows the C compiler used.
54
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--cppflags</code></span></dt><dd><p>
55
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">CPPFLAGS</code> variable that was used for building
56
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This shows C compiler switches needed
57
+ at preprocessing time (typically, <code class="literal">-I</code> switches).
58
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--cflags</code></span></dt><dd><p>
59
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">CFLAGS</code> variable that was used for building
60
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This shows C compiler switches.
61
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--cflags_sl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
62
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">CFLAGS_SL</code> variable that was used for building
63
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This shows extra C compiler switches
64
+ used for building shared libraries.
65
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--ldflags</code></span></dt><dd><p>
66
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">LDFLAGS</code> variable that was used for building
67
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This shows linker switches.
68
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--ldflags_ex</code></span></dt><dd><p>
69
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">LDFLAGS_EX</code> variable that was used for building
70
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This shows linker switches
71
+ used for building executables only.
72
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--ldflags_sl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">LDFLAGS_SL</code> variable that was used for building
74
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This shows linker switches
75
+ used for building shared libraries only.
76
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--libs</code></span></dt><dd><p>
77
+ Print the value of the <code class="varname">LIBS</code> variable that was used for building
78
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>. This normally contains <code class="literal">-l</code>
79
+ switches for external libraries linked into <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>.
80
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
81
+ Print the version of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>.
82
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
83
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_config</span> command line
84
+ arguments, and exit.
85
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
86
+
87
+ If more than one option is given, the information is printed in that order,
88
+ one item per line. If no options are given, all available information
89
+ is printed, with labels.
90
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.12.7"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
91
+ The options <code class="option">--docdir</code>, <code class="option">--pkgincludedir</code>,
92
+ <code class="option">--localedir</code>, <code class="option">--mandir</code>,
93
+ <code class="option">--sharedir</code>, <code class="option">--sysconfdir</code>,
94
+ <code class="option">--cc</code>, <code class="option">--cppflags</code>,
95
+ <code class="option">--cflags</code>, <code class="option">--cflags_sl</code>,
96
+ <code class="option">--ldflags</code>, <code class="option">--ldflags_sl</code>,
97
+ and <code class="option">--libs</code> were added in <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 8.1.
98
+ The option <code class="option">--htmldir</code> was added in <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 8.4.
99
+ The option <code class="option">--ldflags_ex</code> was added in <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 9.0.
100
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.12.8"><h2>Example</h2><p>
101
+ To reproduce the build configuration of the current PostgreSQL
102
+ installation, run the following command:
103
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
104
+ eval ./configure `pg_config --configure`
105
+ </pre><p>
106
+ The output of <code class="literal">pg_config --configure</code> contains
107
+ shell quotation marks so arguments with spaces are represented
108
+ correctly. Therefore, using <code class="literal">eval</code> is required
109
+ for proper results.
110
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgbench.html" title="pgbench">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pgbench</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_dump</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_controldata</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pgchecksums.html" title="pg_checksums" /><link rel="next" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_controldata</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgchecksums.html" title="pg_checksums">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Server Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGCONTROLDATA"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.5.6.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_controldata</span></span></h2><p>pg_controldata — display control information of a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.6.4.1"><code class="command">pg_controldata</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>] [[ <code class="option">-D</code> | <code class="option">--pgdata</code> ]<em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="R1-APP-PGCONTROLDATA-1"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <code class="command">pg_controldata</code> prints information initialized during
4
+ <code class="command">initdb</code>, such as the catalog version.
5
+ It also shows information about write-ahead logging and checkpoint
6
+ processing. This information is cluster-wide, and not specific to any one
7
+ database.
8
+ </p><p>
9
+ This utility can only be run by the user who initialized the cluster because
10
+ it requires read access to the data directory.
11
+ You can specify the data directory on the command line, or use
12
+ the environment variable <code class="envar">PGDATA</code>. This utility supports the options
13
+ <code class="option">-V</code> and <code class="option">--version</code>, which print the
14
+ <span class="application">pg_controldata</span> version and exit. It also
15
+ supports options <code class="option">-?</code> and <code class="option">--help</code>, which output the
16
+ supported arguments.
17
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.6.6"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATA</code></span></dt><dd><p>
18
+ Default data directory location
19
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
20
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
21
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
22
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
23
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgchecksums.html" title="pg_checksums">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_checksums</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_ctl</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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1
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_dump</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pgconfig.html" title="pg_config" /><link rel="next" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgconfig.html" title="pg_config">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGDUMP"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.13.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></h2><p>pg_dump —
3
+ extract a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database into a script file or other archive file
4
+ </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.13.4.1"><code class="command">pg_dump</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="PG-DUMP-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
5
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> is a utility for backing up a
6
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database. It makes consistent
7
+ backups even if the database is being used concurrently.
8
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> does not block other users
9
+ accessing the database (readers or writers).
10
+ </p><p>
11
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> only dumps a single database.
12
+ To back up an entire cluster, or to back up global objects that are
13
+ common to all databases in a cluster (such as roles and tablespaces),
14
+ use <a class="xref" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dumpall</span></span></a>.
15
+ </p><p>
16
+ Dumps can be output in script or archive file formats. Script
17
+ dumps are plain-text files containing the SQL commands required
18
+ to reconstruct the database to the state it was in at the time it was
19
+ saved. To restore from such a script, feed it to <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a>. Script files
20
+ can be used to reconstruct the database even on other machines and
21
+ other architectures; with some modifications, even on other SQL
22
+ database products.
23
+ </p><p>
24
+ The alternative archive file formats must be used with
25
+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgrestore.html" title="pg_restore"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_restore</span></span></a> to rebuild the database. They
26
+ allow <span class="application">pg_restore</span> to be selective about
27
+ what is restored, or even to reorder the items prior to being
28
+ restored.
29
+ The archive file formats are designed to be portable across
30
+ architectures.
31
+ </p><p>
32
+ When used with one of the archive file formats and combined with
33
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span>,
34
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> provides a flexible archival and
35
+ transfer mechanism. <span class="application">pg_dump</span> can be used to
36
+ backup an entire database, then <span class="application">pg_restore</span>
37
+ can be used to examine the archive and/or select which parts of the
38
+ database are to be restored. The most flexible output file formats are
39
+ the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">custom</span>”</span> format (<code class="option">-Fc</code>) and the
40
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">directory</span>”</span> format (<code class="option">-Fd</code>). They allow
41
+ for selection and reordering of all archived items, support parallel
42
+ restoration, and are compressed by default. The <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">directory</span>”</span>
43
+ format is the only format that supports parallel dumps.
44
+ </p><p>
45
+ While running <span class="application">pg_dump</span>, one should examine the
46
+ output for any warnings (printed on standard error), especially in
47
+ light of the limitations listed below.
48
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="PG-DUMP-OPTIONS"><h2>Options</h2><p>
49
+ The following command-line options control the content and
50
+ format of the output.
51
+
52
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
53
+ Specifies the name of the database to be dumped. If this is
54
+ not specified, the environment variable
55
+ <code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code> is used. If that is not set, the
56
+ user name specified for the connection is used.
57
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--data-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
58
+ Dump only the data, not the schema (data definitions).
59
+ Table data, large objects, and sequence values are dumped.
60
+ </p><p>
61
+ This option is similar to, but for historical reasons not identical
62
+ to, specifying <code class="option">--section=data</code>.
63
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-b</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--large-objects</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--blobs</code> (deprecated)</span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ Include large objects in the dump. This is the default behavior
65
+ except when <code class="option">--schema</code>, <code class="option">--table</code>, or
66
+ <code class="option">--schema-only</code> is specified. The <code class="option">-b</code>
67
+ switch is therefore only useful to add large objects to dumps
68
+ where a specific schema or table has been requested. Note that
69
+ large objects are considered data and therefore will be included when
70
+ <code class="option">--data-only</code> is used, but not
71
+ when <code class="option">--schema-only</code> is.
72
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-B</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-large-objects</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-blobs</code> (deprecated)</span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ Exclude large objects in the dump.
74
+ </p><p>
75
+ When both <code class="option">-b</code> and <code class="option">-B</code> are given, the behavior
76
+ is to output large objects, when data is being dumped, see the
77
+ <code class="option">-b</code> documentation.
78
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--clean</code></span></dt><dd><p>
79
+ Output commands to <code class="command">DROP</code> all the dumped
80
+ database objects prior to outputting the commands for creating them.
81
+ This option is useful when the restore is to overwrite an existing
82
+ database. If any of the objects do not exist in the destination
83
+ database, ignorable error messages will be reported during
84
+ restore, unless <code class="option">--if-exists</code> is also specified.
85
+ </p><p>
86
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
87
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
88
+ call <code class="command">pg_restore</code>.
89
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-C</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--create</code></span></dt><dd><p>
90
+ Begin the output with a command to create the
91
+ database itself and reconnect to the created database. (With a
92
+ script of this form, it doesn't matter which database in the
93
+ destination installation you connect to before running the script.)
94
+ If <code class="option">--clean</code> is also specified, the script drops and
95
+ recreates the target database before reconnecting to it.
96
+ </p><p>
97
+ With <code class="option">--create</code>, the output also includes the
98
+ database's comment if any, and any configuration variable settings
99
+ that are specific to this database, that is,
100
+ any <code class="command">ALTER DATABASE ... SET ...</code>
101
+ and <code class="command">ALTER ROLE ... IN DATABASE ... SET ...</code>
102
+ commands that mention this database.
103
+ Access privileges for the database itself are also dumped,
104
+ unless <code class="option">--no-acl</code> is specified.
105
+ </p><p>
106
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
107
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
108
+ call <code class="command">pg_restore</code>.
109
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--extension=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
110
+ Dump only extensions matching <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>. When this option is not
111
+ specified, all non-system extensions in the target database will be
112
+ dumped. Multiple extensions can be selected by writing multiple
113
+ <code class="option">-e</code> switches. The <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em> parameter is interpreted as a
114
+ pattern according to the same rules used by
115
+ <span class="application">psql</span>'s <code class="literal">\d</code> commands (see
116
+ <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns">Patterns</a>), so multiple extensions can also
117
+ be selected by writing wildcard characters in the pattern. When using
118
+ wildcards, be careful to quote the pattern if needed to prevent the
119
+ shell from expanding the wildcards.
120
+ </p><p>
121
+ Any configuration relation registered by
122
+ <code class="function">pg_extension_config_dump</code> is included in the
123
+ dump if its extension is specified by <code class="option">--extension</code>.
124
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
125
+ When <code class="option">-e</code> is specified,
126
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> makes no attempt to dump any other
127
+ database objects that the selected extension(s) might depend upon.
128
+ Therefore, there is no guarantee that the results of a
129
+ specific-extension dump can be successfully restored by themselves
130
+ into a clean database.
131
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--encoding=<em class="replaceable"><code>encoding</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
132
+ Create the dump in the specified character set encoding. By default,
133
+ the dump is created in the database encoding. (Another way to get the
134
+ same result is to set the <code class="envar">PGCLIENTENCODING</code> environment
135
+ variable to the desired dump encoding.) The supported encodings are
136
+ described in <a class="xref" href="multibyte.html#MULTIBYTE-CHARSET-SUPPORTED" title="24.3.1. Supported Character Sets">Section 24.3.1</a>.
137
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--file=<em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
138
+ Send output to the specified file. This parameter can be omitted for
139
+ file based output formats, in which case the standard output is used.
140
+ It must be given for the directory output format however, where it
141
+ specifies the target directory instead of a file. In this case the
142
+ directory is created by <code class="command">pg_dump</code> and must not exist
143
+ before.
144
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-F <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--format=<em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
145
+ Selects the format of the output.
146
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em> can be one of the following:
147
+
148
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">p</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">plain</code></span></dt><dd><p>
149
+ Output a plain-text <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> script file (the default).
150
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">custom</code></span></dt><dd><p>
151
+ Output a custom-format archive suitable for input into
152
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span>.
153
+ Together with the directory output format, this is the most flexible
154
+ output format in that it allows manual selection and reordering of
155
+ archived items during restore. This format is also compressed by
156
+ default.
157
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">d</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">directory</code></span></dt><dd><p>
158
+ Output a directory-format archive suitable for input into
159
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span>. This will create a directory
160
+ with one file for each table and large object being dumped, plus a
161
+ so-called Table of Contents file describing the dumped objects in a
162
+ machine-readable format that <span class="application">pg_restore</span>
163
+ can read. A directory format archive can be manipulated with
164
+ standard Unix tools; for example, files in an uncompressed archive
165
+ can be compressed with the <span class="application">gzip</span>,
166
+ <span class="application">lz4</span>, or
167
+ <span class="application">zstd</span> tools.
168
+ This format is compressed by default using <code class="literal">gzip</code>
169
+ and also supports parallel dumps.
170
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">t</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">tar</code></span></dt><dd><p>
171
+ Output a <code class="command">tar</code>-format archive suitable for input
172
+ into <span class="application">pg_restore</span>. The tar format is
173
+ compatible with the directory format: extracting a tar-format
174
+ archive produces a valid directory-format archive.
175
+ However, the tar format does not support compression. Also, when
176
+ using tar format the relative order of table data items cannot be
177
+ changed during restore.
178
+ </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-j <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--jobs=<em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
179
+ Run the dump in parallel by dumping <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em>
180
+ tables simultaneously. This option may reduce the time needed to perform the dump but it also
181
+ increases the load on the database server. You can only use this option with the
182
+ directory output format because this is the only output format where multiple processes
183
+ can write their data at the same time.
184
+ </p><p><span class="application">pg_dump</span> will open <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em>
185
+ + 1 connections to the database, so make sure your <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-MAX-CONNECTIONS">max_connections</a>
186
+ setting is high enough to accommodate all connections.
187
+ </p><p>
188
+ Requesting exclusive locks on database objects while running a parallel dump could
189
+ cause the dump to fail. The reason is that the <span class="application">pg_dump</span> leader process
190
+ requests shared locks (<a class="link" href="explicit-locking.html#LOCKING-TABLES" title="13.3.1. Table-Level Locks">ACCESS SHARE</a>) on the
191
+ objects that the worker processes are going to dump later in order to
192
+ make sure that nobody deletes them and makes them go away while the dump is running.
193
+ If another client then requests an exclusive lock on a table, that lock will not be
194
+ granted but will be queued waiting for the shared lock of the leader process to be
195
+ released. Consequently any other access to the table will not be granted either and
196
+ will queue after the exclusive lock request. This includes the worker process trying
197
+ to dump the table. Without any precautions this would be a classic deadlock situation.
198
+ To detect this conflict, the <span class="application">pg_dump</span> worker process requests another
199
+ shared lock using the <code class="literal">NOWAIT</code> option. If the worker process is not granted
200
+ this shared lock, somebody else must have requested an exclusive lock in the meantime
201
+ and there is no way to continue with the dump, so <span class="application">pg_dump</span> has no choice
202
+ but to abort the dump.
203
+ </p><p>
204
+ To perform a parallel dump, the database server needs to support
205
+ synchronized snapshots, a feature that was introduced in
206
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 9.2 for primary servers and 10
207
+ for standbys. With this feature, database clients can ensure they see
208
+ the same data set even though they use different connections.
209
+ <code class="command">pg_dump -j</code> uses multiple database connections; it
210
+ connects to the database once with the leader process and once again
211
+ for each worker job. Without the synchronized snapshot feature, the
212
+ different worker jobs wouldn't be guaranteed to see the same data in
213
+ each connection, which could lead to an inconsistent backup.
214
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
215
+ Dump only schemas matching <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>; this selects both the
216
+ schema itself, and all its contained objects. When this option is
217
+ not specified, all non-system schemas in the target database will be
218
+ dumped. Multiple schemas can be
219
+ selected by writing multiple <code class="option">-n</code> switches. The
220
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em> parameter is
221
+ interpreted as a pattern according to the same rules used by
222
+ <span class="application">psql</span>'s <code class="literal">\d</code> commands
223
+ (see <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns">Patterns</a>),
224
+ so multiple schemas can also be selected by writing wildcard characters
225
+ in the pattern. When using wildcards, be careful to quote the pattern
226
+ if needed to prevent the shell from expanding the wildcards; see
227
+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html#PG-DUMP-EXAMPLES" title="Examples">Examples</a> below.
228
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
229
+ When <code class="option">-n</code> is specified, <span class="application">pg_dump</span>
230
+ makes no attempt to dump any other database objects that the selected
231
+ schema(s) might depend upon. Therefore, there is no guarantee
232
+ that the results of a specific-schema dump can be successfully
233
+ restored by themselves into a clean database.
234
+ </p></div><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
235
+ Non-schema objects such as large objects are not dumped when <code class="option">-n</code> is
236
+ specified. You can add large objects back to the dump with the
237
+ <code class="option">--large-objects</code> switch.
238
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
239
+ Do not dump any schemas matching <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>. The pattern is
240
+ interpreted according to the same rules as for <code class="option">-n</code>.
241
+ <code class="option">-N</code> can be given more than once to exclude schemas
242
+ matching any of several patterns.
243
+ </p><p>
244
+ When both <code class="option">-n</code> and <code class="option">-N</code> are given, the behavior
245
+ is to dump just the schemas that match at least one <code class="option">-n</code>
246
+ switch but no <code class="option">-N</code> switches. If <code class="option">-N</code> appears
247
+ without <code class="option">-n</code>, then schemas matching <code class="option">-N</code> are
248
+ excluded from what is otherwise a normal dump.
249
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-O</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-owner</code></span></dt><dd><p>
250
+ Do not output commands to set
251
+ ownership of objects to match the original database.
252
+ By default, <span class="application">pg_dump</span> issues
253
+ <code class="command">ALTER OWNER</code> or
254
+ <code class="command">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</code>
255
+ statements to set ownership of created database objects.
256
+ These statements
257
+ will fail when the script is run unless it is started by a superuser
258
+ (or the same user that owns all of the objects in the script).
259
+ To make a script that can be restored by any user, but will give
260
+ that user ownership of all the objects, specify <code class="option">-O</code>.
261
+ </p><p>
262
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
263
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
264
+ call <code class="command">pg_restore</code>.
265
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-R</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-reconnect</code></span></dt><dd><p>
266
+ This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards
267
+ compatibility.
268
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
269
+ Dump only the object definitions (schema), not data.
270
+ </p><p>
271
+ This option is the inverse of <code class="option">--data-only</code>.
272
+ It is similar to, but for historical reasons not identical to,
273
+ specifying
274
+ <code class="option">--section=pre-data --section=post-data</code>.
275
+ </p><p>
276
+ (Do not confuse this with the <code class="option">--schema</code> option, which
277
+ uses the word <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">schema</span>”</span> in a different meaning.)
278
+ </p><p>
279
+ To exclude table data for only a subset of tables in the database,
280
+ see <code class="option">--exclude-table-data</code>.
281
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--superuser=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
282
+ Specify the superuser user name to use when disabling triggers.
283
+ This is relevant only if <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code> is used.
284
+ (Usually, it's better to leave this out, and instead start the
285
+ resulting script as superuser.)
286
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--table=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
287
+ Dump only tables with names matching
288
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>. Multiple tables
289
+ can be selected by writing multiple <code class="option">-t</code> switches. The
290
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em> parameter is
291
+ interpreted as a pattern according to the same rules used by
292
+ <span class="application">psql</span>'s <code class="literal">\d</code> commands
293
+ (see <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns">Patterns</a>),
294
+ so multiple tables can also be selected by writing wildcard characters
295
+ in the pattern. When using wildcards, be careful to quote the pattern
296
+ if needed to prevent the shell from expanding the wildcards; see
297
+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html#PG-DUMP-EXAMPLES" title="Examples">Examples</a> below.
298
+ </p><p>
299
+ As well as tables, this option can be used to dump the definition of matching
300
+ views, materialized views, foreign tables, and sequences. It will not dump the
301
+ contents of views or materialized views, and the contents of foreign tables will
302
+ only be dumped if the corresponding foreign server is specified with
303
+ <code class="option">--include-foreign-data</code>.
304
+ </p><p>
305
+ The <code class="option">-n</code> and <code class="option">-N</code> switches have no effect when
306
+ <code class="option">-t</code> is used, because tables selected by <code class="option">-t</code> will
307
+ be dumped regardless of those switches, and non-table objects will not
308
+ be dumped.
309
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
310
+ When <code class="option">-t</code> is specified, <span class="application">pg_dump</span>
311
+ makes no attempt to dump any other database objects that the selected
312
+ table(s) might depend upon. Therefore, there is no guarantee
313
+ that the results of a specific-table dump can be successfully
314
+ restored by themselves into a clean database.
315
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-table=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
316
+ Do not dump any tables matching <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>. The pattern is
317
+ interpreted according to the same rules as for <code class="option">-t</code>.
318
+ <code class="option">-T</code> can be given more than once to exclude tables
319
+ matching any of several patterns.
320
+ </p><p>
321
+ When both <code class="option">-t</code> and <code class="option">-T</code> are given, the behavior
322
+ is to dump just the tables that match at least one <code class="option">-t</code>
323
+ switch but no <code class="option">-T</code> switches. If <code class="option">-T</code> appears
324
+ without <code class="option">-t</code>, then tables matching <code class="option">-T</code> are
325
+ excluded from what is otherwise a normal dump.
326
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
327
+ Specifies verbose mode. This will cause
328
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> to output detailed object
329
+ comments and start/stop times to the dump file, and progress
330
+ messages to standard error.
331
+ Repeating the option causes additional debug-level messages
332
+ to appear on standard error.
333
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
334
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_dump</span> version and exit.
335
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-x</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-privileges</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-acl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
336
+ Prevent dumping of access privileges (grant/revoke commands).
337
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-Z <em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">-Z <em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em></code>[:<em class="replaceable"><code>detail</code></em>]<br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--compress=<em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--compress=<em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em></code>[:<em class="replaceable"><code>detail</code></em>]</span></dt><dd><p>
338
+ Specify the compression method and/or the compression level to use.
339
+ The compression method can be set to <code class="literal">gzip</code>,
340
+ <code class="literal">lz4</code>, <code class="literal">zstd</code>,
341
+ or <code class="literal">none</code> for no compression.
342
+ A compression detail string can optionally be specified. If the
343
+ detail string is an integer, it specifies the compression level.
344
+ Otherwise, it should be a comma-separated list of items, each of the
345
+ form <code class="literal">keyword</code> or <code class="literal">keyword=value</code>.
346
+ Currently, the supported keywords are <code class="literal">level</code> and
347
+ <code class="literal">long</code>.
348
+ </p><p>
349
+ If no compression level is specified, the default compression
350
+ level will be used. If only a level is specified without mentioning
351
+ an algorithm, <code class="literal">gzip</code> compression will be used if
352
+ the level is greater than <code class="literal">0</code>, and no compression
353
+ will be used if the level is <code class="literal">0</code>.
354
+ </p><p>
355
+ For the custom and directory archive formats, this specifies compression of
356
+ individual table-data segments, and the default is to compress using
357
+ <code class="literal">gzip</code> at a moderate level. For plain text output,
358
+ setting a nonzero compression level causes the entire output file to be compressed,
359
+ as though it had been fed through <span class="application">gzip</span>,
360
+ <span class="application">lz4</span>, or <span class="application">zstd</span>;
361
+ but the default is not to compress.
362
+ With zstd compression, <code class="literal">long</code> mode may improve the
363
+ compression ratio, at the cost of increased memory use.
364
+ </p><p>
365
+ The tar archive format currently does not support compression at all.
366
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--binary-upgrade</code></span></dt><dd><p>
367
+ This option is for use by in-place upgrade utilities. Its use
368
+ for other purposes is not recommended or supported. The
369
+ behavior of the option may change in future releases without
370
+ notice.
371
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--column-inserts</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--attribute-inserts</code></span></dt><dd><p>
372
+ Dump data as <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands with explicit
373
+ column names (<code class="literal">INSERT INTO
374
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em>
375
+ (<em class="replaceable"><code>column</code></em>, ...) VALUES
376
+ ...</code>). This will make restoration very slow; it is mainly
377
+ useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
378
+ non-<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> databases.
379
+ Any error during restoring will cause only rows that are part of the
380
+ problematic <code class="command">INSERT</code> to be lost, rather than the
381
+ entire table contents.
382
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-dollar-quoting</code></span></dt><dd><p>
383
+ This option disables the use of dollar quoting for function bodies,
384
+ and forces them to be quoted using SQL standard string syntax.
385
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-triggers</code></span></dt><dd><p>
386
+ This option is relevant only when creating a data-only dump.
387
+ It instructs <span class="application">pg_dump</span> to include commands
388
+ to temporarily disable triggers on the target tables while
389
+ the data is restored. Use this if you have referential
390
+ integrity checks or other triggers on the tables that you
391
+ do not want to invoke during data restore.
392
+ </p><p>
393
+ Presently, the commands emitted for <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code>
394
+ must be done as superuser. So, you should also specify
395
+ a superuser name with <code class="option">-S</code>, or preferably be careful to
396
+ start the resulting script as a superuser.
397
+ </p><p>
398
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
399
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
400
+ call <code class="command">pg_restore</code>.
401
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-row-security</code></span></dt><dd><p>
402
+ This option is relevant only when dumping the contents of a table
403
+ which has row security. By default, <span class="application">pg_dump</span> will set
404
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-ROW-SECURITY">row_security</a> to off, to ensure
405
+ that all data is dumped from the table. If the user does not have
406
+ sufficient privileges to bypass row security, then an error is thrown.
407
+ This parameter instructs <span class="application">pg_dump</span> to set
408
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-ROW-SECURITY">row_security</a> to on instead, allowing the user
409
+ to dump the parts of the contents of the table that they have access to.
410
+ </p><p>
411
+ Note that if you use this option currently, you probably also want
412
+ the dump be in <code class="command">INSERT</code> format, as the
413
+ <code class="command">COPY FROM</code> during restore does not support row security.
414
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-table-and-children=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
415
+ This is the same as
416
+ the <code class="option">-T</code>/<code class="option">--exclude-table</code> option,
417
+ except that it also excludes any partitions or inheritance child
418
+ tables of the table(s) matching the
419
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>.
420
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-table-data=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
421
+ Do not dump data for any tables matching <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>. The pattern is
422
+ interpreted according to the same rules as for <code class="option">-t</code>.
423
+ <code class="option">--exclude-table-data</code> can be given more than once to
424
+ exclude tables matching any of several patterns. This option is
425
+ useful when you need the definition of a particular table even
426
+ though you do not need the data in it.
427
+ </p><p>
428
+ To exclude data for all tables in the database, see <code class="option">--schema-only</code>.
429
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-table-data-and-children=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
430
+ This is the same as the <code class="option">--exclude-table-data</code> option,
431
+ except that it also excludes data of any partitions or inheritance
432
+ child tables of the table(s) matching the
433
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>.
434
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--extra-float-digits=<em class="replaceable"><code>ndigits</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
435
+ Use the specified value of <code class="option">extra_float_digits</code> when dumping
436
+ floating-point data, instead of the maximum available precision.
437
+ Routine dumps made for backup purposes should not use this option.
438
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--if-exists</code></span></dt><dd><p>
439
+ Use <code class="literal">DROP ... IF EXISTS</code> commands to drop objects
440
+ in <code class="option">--clean</code> mode. This suppresses <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">does not
441
+ exist</span>”</span> errors that might otherwise be reported. This
442
+ option is not valid unless <code class="option">--clean</code> is also
443
+ specified.
444
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--include-foreign-data=<em class="replaceable"><code>foreignserver</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
445
+ Dump the data for any foreign table with a foreign server
446
+ matching <em class="replaceable"><code>foreignserver</code></em>
447
+ pattern. Multiple foreign servers can be selected by writing multiple
448
+ <code class="option">--include-foreign-data</code> switches.
449
+ Also, the <em class="replaceable"><code>foreignserver</code></em> parameter is
450
+ interpreted as a pattern according to the same rules used by
451
+ <span class="application">psql</span>'s <code class="literal">\d</code> commands
452
+ (see <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns">Patterns</a>),
453
+ so multiple foreign servers can also be selected by writing wildcard characters
454
+ in the pattern. When using wildcards, be careful to quote the pattern
455
+ if needed to prevent the shell from expanding the wildcards; see
456
+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html#PG-DUMP-EXAMPLES" title="Examples">Examples</a> below.
457
+ The only exception is that an empty pattern is disallowed.
458
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
459
+ When <code class="option">--include-foreign-data</code> is specified,
460
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> does not check that the foreign
461
+ table is writable. Therefore, there is no guarantee that the
462
+ results of a foreign table dump can be successfully restored.
463
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--inserts</code></span></dt><dd><p>
464
+ Dump data as <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands (rather
465
+ than <code class="command">COPY</code>). This will make restoration very slow;
466
+ it is mainly useful for making dumps that can be loaded into
467
+ non-<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> databases.
468
+ Any error during restoring will cause only rows that are part of the
469
+ problematic <code class="command">INSERT</code> to be lost, rather than the
470
+ entire table contents. Note that the restore might fail altogether if
471
+ you have rearranged column order. The
472
+ <code class="option">--column-inserts</code> option is safe against column order
473
+ changes, though even slower.
474
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--load-via-partition-root</code></span></dt><dd><p>
475
+ When dumping data for a table partition, make
476
+ the <code class="command">COPY</code> or <code class="command">INSERT</code> statements
477
+ target the root of the partitioning hierarchy that contains it, rather
478
+ than the partition itself. This causes the appropriate partition to
479
+ be re-determined for each row when the data is loaded. This may be
480
+ useful when restoring data on a server where rows do not always fall
481
+ into the same partitions as they did on the original server. That
482
+ could happen, for example, if the partitioning column is of type text
483
+ and the two systems have different definitions of the collation used
484
+ to sort the partitioning column.
485
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--lock-wait-timeout=<em class="replaceable"><code>timeout</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
486
+ Do not wait forever to acquire shared table locks at the beginning of
487
+ the dump. Instead fail if unable to lock a table within the specified
488
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>timeout</code></em>. The timeout may be
489
+ specified in any of the formats accepted by <code class="command">SET
490
+ statement_timeout</code>. (Allowed formats vary depending on the server
491
+ version you are dumping from, but an integer number of milliseconds
492
+ is accepted by all versions.)
493
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-comments</code></span></dt><dd><p>
494
+ Do not dump comments.
495
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-publications</code></span></dt><dd><p>
496
+ Do not dump publications.
497
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-security-labels</code></span></dt><dd><p>
498
+ Do not dump security labels.
499
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-subscriptions</code></span></dt><dd><p>
500
+ Do not dump subscriptions.
501
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-sync</code></span></dt><dd><p>
502
+ By default, <code class="command">pg_dump</code> will wait for all files
503
+ to be written safely to disk. This option causes
504
+ <code class="command">pg_dump</code> to return without waiting, which is
505
+ faster, but means that a subsequent operating system crash can leave
506
+ the dump corrupt. Generally, this option is useful for testing
507
+ but should not be used when dumping data from production installation.
508
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-table-access-method</code></span></dt><dd><p>
509
+ Do not output commands to select table access methods.
510
+ With this option, all objects will be created with whichever
511
+ table access method is the default during restore.
512
+ </p><p>
513
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
514
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
515
+ call <code class="command">pg_restore</code>.
516
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-tablespaces</code></span></dt><dd><p>
517
+ Do not output commands to select tablespaces.
518
+ With this option, all objects will be created in whichever
519
+ tablespace is the default during restore.
520
+ </p><p>
521
+ This option is ignored when emitting an archive (non-text) output
522
+ file. For the archive formats, you can specify the option when you
523
+ call <code class="command">pg_restore</code>.
524
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-toast-compression</code></span></dt><dd><p>
525
+ Do not output commands to set <acronym class="acronym">TOAST</acronym> compression
526
+ methods.
527
+ With this option, all columns will be restored with the default
528
+ compression setting.
529
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-unlogged-table-data</code></span></dt><dd><p>
530
+ Do not dump the contents of unlogged tables and sequences. This
531
+ option has no effect on whether or not the table and sequence
532
+ definitions (schema) are dumped; it only suppresses dumping the table
533
+ and sequence data. Data in unlogged tables and sequences
534
+ is always excluded when dumping from a standby server.
535
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--on-conflict-do-nothing</code></span></dt><dd><p>
536
+ Add <code class="literal">ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING</code> to
537
+ <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands.
538
+ This option is not valid unless <code class="option">--inserts</code>,
539
+ <code class="option">--column-inserts</code> or
540
+ <code class="option">--rows-per-insert</code> is also specified.
541
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--quote-all-identifiers</code></span></dt><dd><p>
542
+ Force quoting of all identifiers. This option is recommended when
543
+ dumping a database from a server whose <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
544
+ major version is different from <span class="application">pg_dump</span>'s, or when
545
+ the output is intended to be loaded into a server of a different
546
+ major version. By default, <span class="application">pg_dump</span> quotes only
547
+ identifiers that are reserved words in its own major version.
548
+ This sometimes results in compatibility issues when dealing with
549
+ servers of other versions that may have slightly different sets
550
+ of reserved words. Using <code class="option">--quote-all-identifiers</code> prevents
551
+ such issues, at the price of a harder-to-read dump script.
552
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--rows-per-insert=<em class="replaceable"><code>nrows</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
553
+ Dump data as <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands (rather than
554
+ <code class="command">COPY</code>). Controls the maximum number of rows per
555
+ <code class="command">INSERT</code> command. The value specified must be a
556
+ number greater than zero. Any error during restoring will cause only
557
+ rows that are part of the problematic <code class="command">INSERT</code> to be
558
+ lost, rather than the entire table contents.
559
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--section=<em class="replaceable"><code>sectionname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
560
+ Only dump the named section. The section name can be
561
+ <code class="option">pre-data</code>, <code class="option">data</code>, or <code class="option">post-data</code>.
562
+ This option can be specified more than once to select multiple
563
+ sections. The default is to dump all sections.
564
+ </p><p>
565
+ The data section contains actual table data, large-object
566
+ contents, and sequence values.
567
+ Post-data items include definitions of indexes, triggers, rules,
568
+ and constraints other than validated check constraints.
569
+ Pre-data items include all other data definition items.
570
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--serializable-deferrable</code></span></dt><dd><p>
571
+ Use a <code class="literal">serializable</code> transaction for the dump, to
572
+ ensure that the snapshot used is consistent with later database
573
+ states; but do this by waiting for a point in the transaction stream
574
+ at which no anomalies can be present, so that there isn't a risk of
575
+ the dump failing or causing other transactions to roll back with a
576
+ <code class="literal">serialization_failure</code>. See <a class="xref" href="mvcc.html" title="Chapter 13. Concurrency Control">Chapter 13</a>
577
+ for more information about transaction isolation and concurrency
578
+ control.
579
+ </p><p>
580
+ This option is not beneficial for a dump which is intended only for
581
+ disaster recovery. It could be useful for a dump used to load a
582
+ copy of the database for reporting or other read-only load sharing
583
+ while the original database continues to be updated. Without it the
584
+ dump may reflect a state which is not consistent with any serial
585
+ execution of the transactions eventually committed. For example, if
586
+ batch processing techniques are used, a batch may show as closed in
587
+ the dump without all of the items which are in the batch appearing.
588
+ </p><p>
589
+ This option will make no difference if there are no read-write
590
+ transactions active when pg_dump is started. If read-write
591
+ transactions are active, the start of the dump may be delayed for an
592
+ indeterminate length of time. Once running, performance with or
593
+ without the switch is the same.
594
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--snapshot=<em class="replaceable"><code>snapshotname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
595
+ Use the specified synchronized snapshot when making a dump of the
596
+ database (see
597
+ <a class="xref" href="functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-SNAPSHOT-SYNCHRONIZATION-TABLE" title="Table 9.94. Snapshot Synchronization Functions">Table 9.94</a> for more
598
+ details).
599
+ </p><p>
600
+ This option is useful when needing to synchronize the dump with
601
+ a logical replication slot (see <a class="xref" href="logicaldecoding.html" title="Chapter 49. Logical Decoding">Chapter 49</a>)
602
+ or with a concurrent session.
603
+ </p><p>
604
+ In the case of a parallel dump, the snapshot name defined by this
605
+ option is used rather than taking a new snapshot.
606
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--strict-names</code></span></dt><dd><p>
607
+ Require that each
608
+ extension (<code class="option">-e</code>/<code class="option">--extension</code>),
609
+ schema (<code class="option">-n</code>/<code class="option">--schema</code>) and
610
+ table (<code class="option">-t</code>/<code class="option">--table</code>) pattern
611
+ match at least one extension/schema/table in the database to be dumped.
612
+ Note that if none of the extension/schema/table patterns find
613
+ matches, <span class="application">pg_dump</span> will generate an error
614
+ even without <code class="option">--strict-names</code>.
615
+ </p><p>
616
+ This option has no effect
617
+ on <code class="option">-N</code>/<code class="option">--exclude-schema</code>,
618
+ <code class="option">-T</code>/<code class="option">--exclude-table</code>,
619
+ or <code class="option">--exclude-table-data</code>. An exclude pattern failing
620
+ to match any objects is not considered an error.
621
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--table-and-children=<em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
622
+ This is the same as
623
+ the <code class="option">-t</code>/<code class="option">--table</code> option,
624
+ except that it also includes any partitions or inheritance child
625
+ tables of the table(s) matching the
626
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>pattern</code></em>.
627
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--use-set-session-authorization</code></span></dt><dd><p>
628
+ Output SQL-standard <code class="command">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</code> commands
629
+ instead of <code class="command">ALTER OWNER</code> commands to determine object
630
+ ownership. This makes the dump more standards-compatible, but
631
+ depending on the history of the objects in the dump, might not restore
632
+ properly. Also, a dump using <code class="command">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</code>
633
+ will certainly require superuser privileges to restore correctly,
634
+ whereas <code class="command">ALTER OWNER</code> requires lesser privileges.
635
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
636
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_dump</span> command line
637
+ arguments, and exit.
638
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
639
+ </p><p>
640
+ The following command-line options control the database connection parameters.
641
+
642
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
643
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
644
+ equivalent to specifying <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> as the first non-option
645
+ argument on the command line. The <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>
646
+ can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>.
647
+ If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
648
+ command line options.
649
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
650
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
651
+ running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
652
+ directory for the Unix domain socket. The default is taken
653
+ from the <code class="envar">PGHOST</code> environment variable, if set,
654
+ else a Unix domain socket connection is attempted.
655
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
656
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
657
+ extension on which the server is listening for connections.
658
+ Defaults to the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> environment variable, if
659
+ set, or a compiled-in default.
660
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
661
+ User name to connect as.
662
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
663
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
664
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
665
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
666
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
667
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
668
+ password.
669
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
670
+ Force <span class="application">pg_dump</span> to prompt for a
671
+ password before connecting to a database.
672
+ </p><p>
673
+ This option is never essential, since
674
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> will automatically prompt
675
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
676
+ However, <span class="application">pg_dump</span> will waste a
677
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
678
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
679
+ connection attempt.
680
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--role=<em class="replaceable"><code>rolename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
681
+ Specifies a role name to be used to create the dump.
682
+ This option causes <span class="application">pg_dump</span> to issue a
683
+ <code class="command">SET ROLE</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>rolename</code></em>
684
+ command after connecting to the database. It is useful when the
685
+ authenticated user (specified by <code class="option">-U</code>) lacks privileges
686
+ needed by <span class="application">pg_dump</span>, but can switch to a role with
687
+ the required rights. Some installations have a policy against
688
+ logging in directly as a superuser, and use of this option allows
689
+ dumps to be made without violating the policy.
690
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
691
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.13.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGOPTIONS</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
692
+ Default connection parameters.
693
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
694
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
695
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
696
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
697
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
698
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
699
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
700
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
701
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PGDUMP-DIAGNOSTICS"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
702
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> internally executes
703
+ <code class="command">SELECT</code> statements. If you have problems running
704
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span>, make sure you are able to
705
+ select information from the database using, for example, <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a>. Also, any default connection settings and environment
706
+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
707
+ library will apply.
708
+ </p><p>
709
+ The database activity of <span class="application">pg_dump</span> is
710
+ normally collected by the cumulative statistics system. If this is
711
+ undesirable, you can set parameter <code class="varname">track_counts</code>
712
+ to false via <code class="envar">PGOPTIONS</code> or the <code class="literal">ALTER
713
+ USER</code> command.
714
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="PG-DUMP-NOTES"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
715
+ If your database cluster has any local additions to the <code class="literal">template1</code> database,
716
+ be careful to restore the output of <span class="application">pg_dump</span> into a
717
+ truly empty database; otherwise you are likely to get errors due to
718
+ duplicate definitions of the added objects. To make an empty database
719
+ without any local additions, copy from <code class="literal">template0</code> not <code class="literal">template1</code>,
720
+ for example:
721
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
722
+ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
723
+ </pre><p>
724
+ </p><p>
725
+ When a data-only dump is chosen and the option <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code>
726
+ is used, <span class="application">pg_dump</span> emits commands
727
+ to disable triggers on user tables before inserting the data,
728
+ and then commands to re-enable them after the data has been
729
+ inserted. If the restore is stopped in the middle, the system
730
+ catalogs might be left in the wrong state.
731
+ </p><p>
732
+ The dump file produced by <span class="application">pg_dump</span>
733
+ does not contain the statistics used by the optimizer to make
734
+ query planning decisions. Therefore, it is wise to run
735
+ <code class="command">ANALYZE</code> after restoring from a dump file
736
+ to ensure optimal performance; see <a class="xref" href="routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-STATISTICS" title="25.1.3. Updating Planner Statistics">Section 25.1.3</a>
737
+ and <a class="xref" href="routine-vacuuming.html#AUTOVACUUM" title="25.1.6. The Autovacuum Daemon">Section 25.1.6</a> for more information.
738
+ </p><p>
739
+ Because <span class="application">pg_dump</span> is used to transfer data
740
+ to newer versions of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>, the output of
741
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> can be expected to load into
742
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server versions newer than
743
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span>'s version. <span class="application">pg_dump</span> can also
744
+ dump from <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> servers older than its own version.
745
+ (Currently, servers back to version 9.2 are supported.)
746
+ However, <span class="application">pg_dump</span> cannot dump from
747
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> servers newer than its own major version;
748
+ it will refuse to even try, rather than risk making an invalid dump.
749
+ Also, it is not guaranteed that <span class="application">pg_dump</span>'s output can
750
+ be loaded into a server of an older major version — not even if the
751
+ dump was taken from a server of that version. Loading a dump file
752
+ into an older server may require manual editing of the dump file
753
+ to remove syntax not understood by the older server.
754
+ Use of the <code class="option">--quote-all-identifiers</code> option is recommended
755
+ in cross-version cases, as it can prevent problems arising from varying
756
+ reserved-word lists in different <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> versions.
757
+ </p><p>
758
+ When dumping logical replication subscriptions,
759
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> will generate <code class="command">CREATE
760
+ SUBSCRIPTION</code> commands that use the <code class="literal">connect = false</code>
761
+ option, so that restoring the subscription does not make remote connections
762
+ for creating a replication slot or for initial table copy. That way, the
763
+ dump can be restored without requiring network access to the remote
764
+ servers. It is then up to the user to reactivate the subscriptions in a
765
+ suitable way. If the involved hosts have changed, the connection
766
+ information might have to be changed. It might also be appropriate to
767
+ truncate the target tables before initiating a new full table copy. If users
768
+ intend to copy initial data during refresh they must create the slot with
769
+ <code class="literal">two_phase = false</code>. After the initial sync, the
770
+ <a class="link" href="sql-createsubscription.html#SQL-CREATESUBSCRIPTION-WITH-TWO-PHASE"><code class="literal">two_phase</code></a>
771
+ option will be automatically enabled by the subscriber if the subscription
772
+ had been originally created with <code class="literal">two_phase = true</code> option.
773
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="PG-DUMP-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
774
+ To dump a database called <code class="literal">mydb</code> into an SQL-script file:
775
+ </p><pre class="screen">
776
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump mydb &gt; db.sql</code></strong>
777
+ </pre><p>
778
+ </p><p>
779
+ To reload such a script into a (freshly created) database named
780
+ <code class="literal">newdb</code>:
781
+
782
+ </p><pre class="screen">
783
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>psql -d newdb -f db.sql</code></strong>
784
+ </pre><p>
785
+ </p><p>
786
+ To dump a database into a custom-format archive file:
787
+
788
+ </p><pre class="screen">
789
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -Fc mydb &gt; db.dump</code></strong>
790
+ </pre><p>
791
+ </p><p>
792
+ To dump a database into a directory-format archive:
793
+
794
+ </p><pre class="screen">
795
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -Fd mydb -f dumpdir</code></strong>
796
+ </pre><p>
797
+ </p><p>
798
+ To dump a database into a directory-format archive in parallel with
799
+ 5 worker jobs:
800
+
801
+ </p><pre class="screen">
802
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -Fd mydb -j 5 -f dumpdir</code></strong>
803
+ </pre><p>
804
+ </p><p>
805
+ To reload an archive file into a (freshly created) database named
806
+ <code class="literal">newdb</code>:
807
+
808
+ </p><pre class="screen">
809
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_restore -d newdb db.dump</code></strong>
810
+ </pre><p>
811
+ </p><p>
812
+ To reload an archive file into the same database it was dumped from,
813
+ discarding the current contents of that database:
814
+
815
+ </p><pre class="screen">
816
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_restore -d postgres --clean --create db.dump</code></strong>
817
+ </pre><p>
818
+ </p><p>
819
+ To dump a single table named <code class="literal">mytab</code>:
820
+
821
+ </p><pre class="screen">
822
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -t mytab mydb &gt; db.sql</code></strong>
823
+ </pre><p>
824
+ </p><p>
825
+ To dump all tables whose names start with <code class="literal">emp</code> in the
826
+ <code class="literal">detroit</code> schema, except for the table named
827
+ <code class="literal">employee_log</code>:
828
+
829
+ </p><pre class="screen">
830
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -t 'detroit.emp*' -T detroit.employee_log mydb &gt; db.sql</code></strong>
831
+ </pre><p>
832
+ </p><p>
833
+ To dump all schemas whose names start with <code class="literal">east</code> or
834
+ <code class="literal">west</code> and end in <code class="literal">gsm</code>, excluding any schemas whose
835
+ names contain the word <code class="literal">test</code>:
836
+
837
+ </p><pre class="screen">
838
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -n 'east*gsm' -n 'west*gsm' -N '*test*' mydb &gt; db.sql</code></strong>
839
+ </pre><p>
840
+ </p><p>
841
+ The same, using regular expression notation to consolidate the switches:
842
+
843
+ </p><pre class="screen">
844
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -n '(east|west)*gsm' -N '*test*' mydb &gt; db.sql</code></strong>
845
+ </pre><p>
846
+ </p><p>
847
+ To dump all database objects except for tables whose names begin with
848
+ <code class="literal">ts_</code>:
849
+
850
+ </p><pre class="screen">
851
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -T 'ts_*' mydb &gt; db.sql</code></strong>
852
+ </pre><p>
853
+ </p><p>
854
+ To specify an upper-case or mixed-case name in <code class="option">-t</code> and related
855
+ switches, you need to double-quote the name; else it will be folded to
856
+ lower case (see <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PATTERNS" title="Patterns">Patterns</a>). But
857
+ double quotes are special to the shell, so in turn they must be quoted.
858
+ Thus, to dump a single table with a mixed-case name, you need something
859
+ like
860
+
861
+ </p><pre class="screen">
862
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -t "\"MixedCaseName\"" mydb &gt; mytab.sql</code></strong>
863
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.13.11"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dumpall</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="app-pgrestore.html" title="pg_restore"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_restore</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgconfig.html" title="pg_config">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_config</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_dumpall</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_receivewal</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pg-isready.html" title="pg_isready" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgrecvlogical.html" title="pg_recvlogical" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_receivewal</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pg-isready.html" title="pg_isready">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgrecvlogical.html" title="pg_recvlogical">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGRECEIVEWAL"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.16.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_receivewal</span></span></h2><p>pg_receivewal — stream write-ahead logs from a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.16.4.1"><code class="command">pg_receivewal</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.16.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> is used to stream the write-ahead log
4
+ from a running <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster. The write-ahead
5
+ log is streamed using the streaming replication protocol, and is written
6
+ to a local directory of files. This directory can be used as the archive
7
+ location for doing a restore using point-in-time recovery (see
8
+ <a class="xref" href="continuous-archiving.html" title="26.3. Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)">Section 26.3</a>).
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> streams the write-ahead
11
+ log in real time as it's being generated on the server, and does not wait
12
+ for segments to complete like <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-COMMAND">archive_command</a> and
13
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-LIBRARY">archive_library</a> do.
14
+ For this reason, it is not necessary to set
15
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-TIMEOUT">archive_timeout</a> when using
16
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span>.
17
+ </p><p>
18
+ Unlike the WAL receiver of a PostgreSQL standby server, <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span>
19
+ by default flushes WAL data only when a WAL file is closed.
20
+ The option <code class="option">--synchronous</code> must be specified to flush WAL data
21
+ in real time. Since <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> does not
22
+ apply WAL, you should not allow it to become a synchronous standby when
23
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-SYNCHRONOUS-COMMIT">synchronous_commit</a> equals
24
+ <code class="literal">remote_apply</code>. If it does, it will appear to be a
25
+ standby that never catches up, and will cause transaction commits to
26
+ block. To avoid this, you should either configure an appropriate value
27
+ for <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-SYNCHRONOUS-STANDBY-NAMES">synchronous_standby_names</a>, or specify
28
+ <code class="varname">application_name</code> for
29
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> that does not match it, or
30
+ change the value of <code class="varname">synchronous_commit</code> to
31
+ something other than <code class="literal">remote_apply</code>.
32
+ </p><p>
33
+ The write-ahead log is streamed over a regular
34
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> connection and uses the replication
35
+ protocol. The connection must be made with a user having
36
+ <code class="literal">REPLICATION</code> permissions (see
37
+ <a class="xref" href="role-attributes.html" title="22.2. Role Attributes">Section 22.2</a>) or a superuser, and
38
+ <code class="filename">pg_hba.conf</code> must permit the replication connection.
39
+ The server must also be configured with
40
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-MAX-WAL-SENDERS">max_wal_senders</a> set high enough to leave at least
41
+ one session available for the stream.
42
+ </p><p>
43
+ The starting point of the write-ahead log streaming is calculated when
44
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> starts:
45
+ </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>
46
+ First, scan the directory where the WAL segment files are written and
47
+ find the newest completed segment file, using as the starting point the
48
+ beginning of the next WAL segment file.
49
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
50
+ If a starting point cannot be calculated with the previous method,
51
+ and if a replication slot is used, an extra
52
+ <code class="command">READ_REPLICATION_SLOT</code> command is issued to retrieve
53
+ the slot's <code class="literal">restart_lsn</code> to use as the starting point.
54
+ This option is only available when streaming write-ahead logs from
55
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 15 and up.
56
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
57
+ If a starting point cannot be calculated with the previous method,
58
+ the latest WAL flush location is used as reported by the server from
59
+ an <code class="literal">IDENTIFY_SYSTEM</code> command.
60
+ </p></li></ol></div><p>
61
+ </p><p>
62
+ If the connection is lost, or if it cannot be initially established,
63
+ with a non-fatal error, <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> will
64
+ retry the connection indefinitely, and reestablish streaming as soon
65
+ as possible. To avoid this behavior, use the <code class="literal">-n</code>
66
+ parameter.
67
+ </p><p>
68
+ In the absence of fatal errors, <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span>
69
+ will run until terminated by the <span class="systemitem">SIGINT</span>
70
+ (<span class="keycap"><strong>Control</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>C</strong></span>)
71
+ or <span class="systemitem">SIGTERM</span> signal.
72
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.16.6"><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--directory=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ Directory to write the output to.
74
+ </p><p>
75
+ This parameter is required.
76
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--endpos=<em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
77
+ Automatically stop replication and exit with normal exit status 0 when
78
+ receiving reaches the specified LSN.
79
+ </p><p>
80
+ If there is a record with LSN exactly equal to <em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em>,
81
+ the record will be processed.
82
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--if-not-exists</code></span></dt><dd><p>
83
+ Do not error out when <code class="option">--create-slot</code> is specified
84
+ and a slot with the specified name already exists.
85
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-loop</code></span></dt><dd><p>
86
+ Don't loop on connection errors. Instead, exit right away with
87
+ an error.
88
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-sync</code></span></dt><dd><p>
89
+ This option causes <code class="command">pg_receivewal</code> to not force WAL
90
+ data to be flushed to disk. This is faster, but means that a
91
+ subsequent operating system crash can leave the WAL segments corrupt.
92
+ Generally, this option is useful for testing but should not be used
93
+ when doing WAL archiving on a production deployment.
94
+ </p><p>
95
+ This option is incompatible with <code class="literal">--synchronous</code>.
96
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>interval</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--status-interval=<em class="replaceable"><code>interval</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
97
+ Specifies the number of seconds between status packets sent back to the
98
+ server. This allows for easier monitoring of the progress from server.
99
+ A value of zero disables the periodic status updates completely,
100
+ although an update will still be sent when requested by the server, to
101
+ avoid timeout disconnect. The default value is 10 seconds.
102
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>slotname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--slot=<em class="replaceable"><code>slotname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
103
+ Require <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> to use an existing
104
+ replication slot (see <a class="xref" href="warm-standby.html#STREAMING-REPLICATION-SLOTS" title="27.2.6. Replication Slots">Section 27.2.6</a>).
105
+ When this option is used, <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> will report
106
+ a flush position to the server, indicating when each segment has been
107
+ synchronized to disk so that the server can remove that segment if it
108
+ is not otherwise needed.
109
+ </p><p>
110
+ When the replication client
111
+ of <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> is configured on the
112
+ server as a synchronous standby, then using a replication slot will
113
+ report the flush position to the server, but only when a WAL file is
114
+ closed. Therefore, that configuration will cause transactions on the
115
+ primary to wait for a long time and effectively not work
116
+ satisfactorily. The option <code class="literal">--synchronous</code> (see
117
+ below) must be specified in addition to make this work correctly.
118
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--synchronous</code></span></dt><dd><p>
119
+ Flush the WAL data to disk immediately after it has been received. Also
120
+ send a status packet back to the server immediately after flushing,
121
+ regardless of <code class="literal">--status-interval</code>.
122
+ </p><p>
123
+ This option should be specified if the replication client
124
+ of <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> is configured on the
125
+ server as a synchronous standby, to ensure that timely feedback is
126
+ sent to the server.
127
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
128
+ Enables verbose mode.
129
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-Z <em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">-Z <em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em>[:<em class="replaceable"><code>detail</code></em>]</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--compress=<em class="replaceable"><code>level</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--compress=<em class="replaceable"><code>method</code></em>[:<em class="replaceable"><code>detail</code></em>]</code></span></dt><dd><p>
130
+ Enables compression of write-ahead logs.
131
+ </p><p>
132
+ The compression method can be set to <code class="literal">gzip</code>,
133
+ <code class="literal">lz4</code> (if <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
134
+ was compiled with <code class="option">--with-lz4</code>) or
135
+ <code class="literal">none</code> for no compression.
136
+ A compression detail string can optionally be specified. If the
137
+ detail string is an integer, it specifies the compression level.
138
+ Otherwise, it should be a comma-separated list of items, each of the
139
+ form <code class="literal">keyword</code> or <code class="literal">keyword=value</code>.
140
+ Currently, the only supported keyword is <code class="literal">level</code>.
141
+ </p><p>
142
+ If no compression level is specified, the default compression level
143
+ will be used. If only a level is specified without mentioning an
144
+ algorithm, <code class="literal">gzip</code> compression will be used if the
145
+ level is greater than 0, and no compression will be used if the level
146
+ is 0.
147
+ </p><p>
148
+ The suffix <code class="filename">.gz</code> will automatically be added to
149
+ all filenames when using <code class="literal">gzip</code>, and the suffix
150
+ <code class="filename">.lz4</code> is added when using <code class="literal">lz4</code>.
151
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
152
+ The following command-line options control the database connection parameters.
153
+
154
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
155
+ Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>; these
156
+ will override any conflicting command line options.
157
+ </p><p>
158
+ The option is called <code class="literal">--dbname</code> for consistency with other
159
+ client applications, but because <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span>
160
+ doesn't connect to any particular database in the cluster, database
161
+ name in the connection string will be ignored.
162
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
163
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
164
+ running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
165
+ directory for the Unix domain socket. The default is taken
166
+ from the <code class="envar">PGHOST</code> environment variable, if set,
167
+ else a Unix domain socket connection is attempted.
168
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
169
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
170
+ extension on which the server is listening for connections.
171
+ Defaults to the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> environment variable, if
172
+ set, or a compiled-in default.
173
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
174
+ User name to connect as.
175
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
176
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
177
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
178
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
179
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
180
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
181
+ password.
182
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
183
+ Force <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> to prompt for a
184
+ password before connecting to a database.
185
+ </p><p>
186
+ This option is never essential, since
187
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> will automatically prompt
188
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
189
+ However, <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> will waste a
190
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
191
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
192
+ connection attempt.
193
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
194
+ </p><p>
195
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> can perform one of the two
196
+ following actions in order to control physical replication slots:
197
+
198
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--create-slot</code></span></dt><dd><p>
199
+ Create a new physical replication slot with the name specified in
200
+ <code class="option">--slot</code>, then exit.
201
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--drop-slot</code></span></dt><dd><p>
202
+ Drop the replication slot with the name specified in
203
+ <code class="option">--slot</code>, then exit.
204
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
205
+ </p><p>
206
+ Other options are also available:
207
+
208
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
209
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> version and exit.
210
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
211
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> command line
212
+ arguments, and exit.
213
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
214
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.16.7"><h2>Exit Status</h2><p>
215
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> will exit with status 0 when
216
+ terminated by the <span class="systemitem">SIGINT</span> or
217
+ <span class="systemitem">SIGTERM</span> signal. (That is the
218
+ normal way to end it. Hence it is not an error.) For fatal errors or
219
+ other signals, the exit status will be nonzero.
220
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.16.8"><h2>Environment</h2><p>
221
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
222
+ uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
223
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
224
+ </p><p>
225
+ The environment variable <code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code> specifies whether to use
226
+ color in diagnostic messages. Possible values are
227
+ <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
228
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
229
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.16.9"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
230
+ When using <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> instead of
231
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-COMMAND">archive_command</a> or
232
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-LIBRARY">archive_library</a> as the main WAL backup method, it is
233
+ strongly recommended to use replication slots. Otherwise, the server is
234
+ free to recycle or remove write-ahead log files before they are backed up,
235
+ because it does not have any information, either
236
+ from <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-COMMAND">archive_command</a> or
237
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-LIBRARY">archive_library</a> or the replication slots, about
238
+ how far the WAL stream has been archived. Note, however, that a
239
+ replication slot will fill up the server's disk space if the receiver does
240
+ not keep up with fetching the WAL data.
241
+ </p><p>
242
+ <span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> will preserve group permissions on
243
+ the received WAL files if group permissions are enabled on the source
244
+ cluster.
245
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.16.10"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
246
+ To stream the write-ahead log from the server at
247
+ <code class="literal">mydbserver</code> and store it in the local directory
248
+ <code class="filename">/usr/local/pgsql/archive</code>:
249
+ </p><pre class="screen">
250
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_receivewal -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/archive</code></strong>
251
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.16.11"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pgbasebackup.html" title="pg_basebackup"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_basebackup</span></span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pg-isready.html" title="pg_isready">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgrecvlogical.html" title="pg_recvlogical">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_isready</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>O.5. pg_receivexlog renamed to pg_receivewal</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pgresetxlog.html" title="O.4. pg_resetxlog renamed to pg_resetwal" /><link rel="next" href="biblio.html" title="Bibliography" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">O.5. <code class="command">pg_receivexlog</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_receivewal</code></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgresetxlog.html" title="O.4. pg_resetxlog renamed to pg_resetwal">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="appendix-obsolete.html" title="Appendix O. Obsolete or Renamed Features">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Appendix O. Obsolete or Renamed Features</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="biblio.html" title="Bibliography">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="APP-PGRECEIVEXLOG"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">O.5. <code class="command">pg_receivexlog</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_receivewal</code> <a href="#APP-PGRECEIVEXLOG" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.11.16.7.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
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+ PostgreSQL 9.6 and below provided a command named
4
+ <code class="command">pg_receivexlog</code>
5
+ <a id="id-1.11.16.7.3.2" class="indexterm"></a>
6
+ to fetch write-ahead-log (WAL) files. This command was renamed to <code class="command">pg_receivewal</code>, see
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+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_receivewal</span></span></a> for documentation of <code class="command">pg_receivewal</code> and see
8
+ <a class="link" href="release-prior.html" title="E.5. Prior Releases">the release notes for PostgreSQL 10</a> for details
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+ on this change.
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+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgresetxlog.html" title="O.4. pg_resetxlog renamed to pg_resetwal">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="appendix-obsolete.html" title="Appendix O. Obsolete or Renamed Features">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="biblio.html" title="Bibliography">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">O.4. <code class="command">pg_resetxlog</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Bibliography</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_recvlogical</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgrestore.html" title="pg_restore" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgrestore.html" title="pg_restore">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGRECVLOGICAL"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.17.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span></span></h2><p>pg_recvlogical — control <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> logical decoding streams</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.17.4.1"><code class="command">pg_recvlogical</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.17.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <code class="command">pg_recvlogical</code> controls logical decoding replication
4
+ slots and streams data from such replication slots.
5
+ </p><p>
6
+ It creates a replication-mode connection, so it is subject to the same
7
+ constraints as <a class="xref" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_receivewal</span></span></a>, plus those for logical
8
+ replication (see <a class="xref" href="logicaldecoding.html" title="Chapter 49. Logical Decoding">Chapter 49</a>).
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ <code class="command">pg_recvlogical</code> has no equivalent to the logical decoding
11
+ SQL interface's peek and get modes. It sends replay confirmations for
12
+ data lazily as it receives it and on clean exit. To examine pending data on
13
+ a slot without consuming it, use
14
+ <a class="link" href="functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-REPLICATION" title="9.27.6. Replication Management Functions"><code class="function">pg_logical_slot_peek_changes</code></a>.
15
+ </p><p>
16
+ In the absence of fatal errors, <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span>
17
+ will run until terminated by the <span class="systemitem">SIGINT</span>
18
+ (<span class="keycap"><strong>Control</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>C</strong></span>)
19
+ or <span class="systemitem">SIGTERM</span> signal.
20
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.17.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
21
+ At least one of the following options must be specified to select an action:
22
+
23
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--create-slot</code></span></dt><dd><p>
24
+ Create a new logical replication slot with the name specified by
25
+ <code class="option">--slot</code>, using the output plugin specified by
26
+ <code class="option">--plugin</code>, for the database specified
27
+ by <code class="option">--dbname</code>.
28
+ </p><p>
29
+ The <code class="option">--two-phase</code> can be specified with
30
+ <code class="option">--create-slot</code> to enable decoding of prepared transactions.
31
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--drop-slot</code></span></dt><dd><p>
32
+ Drop the replication slot with the name specified
33
+ by <code class="option">--slot</code>, then exit.
34
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--start</code></span></dt><dd><p>
35
+ Begin streaming changes from the logical replication slot specified
36
+ by <code class="option">--slot</code>, continuing until terminated by a
37
+ signal. If the server side change stream ends with a server shutdown
38
+ or disconnect, retry in a loop unless
39
+ <code class="option">--no-loop</code> is specified.
40
+ </p><p>
41
+ The stream format is determined by the output plugin specified when
42
+ the slot was created.
43
+ </p><p>
44
+ The connection must be to the same database used to create the slot.
45
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
46
+ </p><p>
47
+ <code class="option">--create-slot</code> and <code class="option">--start</code> can be
48
+ specified together. <code class="option">--drop-slot</code> cannot be combined with
49
+ another action.
50
+ </p><p>
51
+ The following command-line options control the location and format of the
52
+ output and other replication behavior:
53
+
54
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-E <em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--endpos=<em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
55
+ In <code class="option">--start</code> mode, automatically stop replication
56
+ and exit with normal exit status 0 when receiving reaches the
57
+ specified LSN. If specified when not in <code class="option">--start</code>
58
+ mode, an error is raised.
59
+ </p><p>
60
+ If there's a record with LSN exactly equal to <em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em>,
61
+ the record will be output.
62
+ </p><p>
63
+ The <code class="option">--endpos</code> option is not aware of transaction
64
+ boundaries and may truncate output partway through a transaction.
65
+ Any partially output transaction will not be consumed and will be
66
+ replayed again when the slot is next read from. Individual messages
67
+ are never truncated.
68
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--file=<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
69
+ Write received and decoded transaction data into this
70
+ file. Use <code class="literal">-</code> for <span class="systemitem">stdout</span>.
71
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-F <em class="replaceable"><code>interval_seconds</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--fsync-interval=<em class="replaceable"><code>interval_seconds</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
72
+ Specifies how often <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> should
73
+ issue <code class="function">fsync()</code> calls to ensure the output file is
74
+ safely flushed to disk.
75
+ </p><p>
76
+ The server will occasionally request the client to perform a flush and
77
+ report the flush position to the server. This setting is in addition
78
+ to that, to perform flushes more frequently.
79
+ </p><p>
80
+ Specifying an interval of <code class="literal">0</code> disables
81
+ issuing <code class="function">fsync()</code> calls altogether, while still
82
+ reporting progress to the server. In this case, data could be lost in
83
+ the event of a crash.
84
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-I <em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--startpos=<em class="replaceable"><code>lsn</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
85
+ In <code class="option">--start</code> mode, start replication from the given
86
+ LSN. For details on the effect of this, see the documentation
87
+ in <a class="xref" href="logicaldecoding.html" title="Chapter 49. Logical Decoding">Chapter 49</a>
88
+ and <a class="xref" href="protocol-replication.html" title="55.4. Streaming Replication Protocol">Section 55.4</a>. Ignored in other modes.
89
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--if-not-exists</code></span></dt><dd><p>
90
+ Do not error out when <code class="option">--create-slot</code> is specified
91
+ and a slot with the specified name already exists.
92
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-loop</code></span></dt><dd><p>
93
+ When the connection to the server is lost, do not retry in a loop, just exit.
94
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>[=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>]</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--option=<em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>[=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>]</code></span></dt><dd><p>
95
+ Pass the option <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> to the output plugin with,
96
+ if specified, the option value <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em>. Which
97
+ options exist and their effects depends on the used output plugin.
98
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P <em class="replaceable"><code>plugin</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--plugin=<em class="replaceable"><code>plugin</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
99
+ When creating a slot, use the specified logical decoding output
100
+ plugin. See <a class="xref" href="logicaldecoding.html" title="Chapter 49. Logical Decoding">Chapter 49</a>. This option has no
101
+ effect if the slot already exists.
102
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>interval_seconds</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--status-interval=<em class="replaceable"><code>interval_seconds</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
103
+ This option has the same effect as the option of the same name
104
+ in <a class="xref" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_receivewal</span></span></a>. See the description there.
105
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>slot_name</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--slot=<em class="replaceable"><code>slot_name</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
106
+ In <code class="option">--start</code> mode, use the existing logical replication slot named
107
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>slot_name</code></em>. In <code class="option">--create-slot</code>
108
+ mode, create the slot with this name. In <code class="option">--drop-slot</code>
109
+ mode, delete the slot with this name.
110
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--two-phase</code></span></dt><dd><p>
111
+ Enables decoding of prepared transactions. This option may only be specified with
112
+ <code class="option">--create-slot</code>
113
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
114
+ Enables verbose mode.
115
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
116
+ </p><p>
117
+ The following command-line options control the database connection parameters.
118
+
119
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
120
+ The database to connect to. See the description
121
+ of the actions for what this means in detail.
122
+ The <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>. If so,
123
+ connection string parameters will override any conflicting
124
+ command line options. Defaults to the user name.
125
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>hostname-or-ip</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>hostname-or-ip</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
126
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
127
+ running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
128
+ directory for the Unix domain socket. The default is taken
129
+ from the <code class="envar">PGHOST</code> environment variable, if set,
130
+ else a Unix domain socket connection is attempted.
131
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
132
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
133
+ extension on which the server is listening for connections.
134
+ Defaults to the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> environment variable, if
135
+ set, or a compiled-in default.
136
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
137
+ User name to connect as. Defaults to current operating system user
138
+ name.
139
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
140
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
141
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
142
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
143
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
144
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
145
+ password.
146
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
147
+ Force <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> to prompt for a
148
+ password before connecting to a database.
149
+ </p><p>
150
+ This option is never essential, since
151
+ <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> will automatically prompt
152
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
153
+ However, <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> will waste a
154
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
155
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
156
+ connection attempt.
157
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
158
+ </p><p>
159
+ The following additional options are available:
160
+
161
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
162
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> version and exit.
163
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
164
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> command line
165
+ arguments, and exit.
166
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
167
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.17.7"><h2>Exit Status</h2><p>
168
+ <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> will exit with status 0 when
169
+ terminated by the <span class="systemitem">SIGINT</span> or
170
+ <span class="systemitem">SIGTERM</span> signal. (That is the
171
+ normal way to end it. Hence it is not an error.) For fatal errors or
172
+ other signals, the exit status will be nonzero.
173
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.17.8"><h2>Environment</h2><p>
174
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
175
+ uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
176
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
177
+ </p><p>
178
+ The environment variable <code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code> specifies whether to use
179
+ color in diagnostic messages. Possible values are
180
+ <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
181
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
182
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.17.9"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
183
+ <span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> will preserve group permissions on
184
+ the received WAL files if group permissions are enabled on the source
185
+ cluster.
186
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.17.10"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
187
+ See <a class="xref" href="logicaldecoding-example.html" title="49.1. Logical Decoding Examples">Section 49.1</a> for an example.
188
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.17.11"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_receivewal</span></span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgreceivewal.html" title="pg_receivewal">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgrestore.html" title="pg_restore">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_receivewal</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_restore</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_resetwal</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgrewind.html" title="pg_rewind" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_resetwal</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Server Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgrewind.html" title="pg_rewind">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGRESETWAL"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.5.8.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_resetwal</span></span></h2><p>pg_resetwal — reset the write-ahead log and other control information of a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.8.4.1"><code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> [ <code class="option">-f</code> | <code class="option">--force</code> ] [ <code class="option">-n</code> | <code class="option">--dry-run</code> ] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [ <code class="option">-D</code> | <code class="option">--pgdata</code> ]<em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="R1-APP-PGRESETWAL-1"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> clears the write-ahead log (WAL) and
4
+ optionally resets some other control information stored in the
5
+ <code class="filename">pg_control</code> file. This function is sometimes needed
6
+ if these files have become corrupted. It should be used only as a
7
+ last resort, when the server will not start due to such corruption.
8
+ </p><p>
9
+ After running this command, it should be possible to start the server,
10
+ but bear in mind that the database might contain inconsistent data due to
11
+ partially-committed transactions. You should immediately dump your data,
12
+ run <code class="command">initdb</code>, and restore. After restore, check for
13
+ inconsistencies and repair as needed.
14
+ </p><p>
15
+ This utility can only be run by the user who installed the server, because
16
+ it requires read/write access to the data directory.
17
+ For safety reasons, you must specify the data directory on the command line.
18
+ <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> does not use the environment variable
19
+ <code class="envar">PGDATA</code>.
20
+ </p><p>
21
+ If <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> complains that it cannot determine
22
+ valid data for <code class="filename">pg_control</code>, you can force it to proceed anyway
23
+ by specifying the <code class="option">-f</code> (force) option. In this case plausible
24
+ values will be substituted for the missing data. Most of the fields can be
25
+ expected to match, but manual assistance might be needed for the next OID,
26
+ next transaction ID and epoch, next multitransaction ID and offset, and
27
+ WAL starting location fields. These fields can be set using the options
28
+ discussed below. If you are not able to determine correct values for all
29
+ these fields, <code class="option">-f</code> can still be used, but
30
+ the recovered database must be treated with even more suspicion than
31
+ usual: an immediate dump and restore is imperative. <span class="emphasis"><em>Do not</em></span>
32
+ execute any data-modifying operations in the database before you dump,
33
+ as any such action is likely to make the corruption worse.
34
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.8.6"><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--force</code></span></dt><dd><p>
35
+ Force <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> to proceed even if it cannot determine
36
+ valid data for <code class="filename">pg_control</code>, as explained above.
37
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dry-run</code></span></dt><dd><p>
38
+ The <code class="option">-n</code>/<code class="option">--dry-run</code> option instructs
39
+ <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> to print the values reconstructed from
40
+ <code class="filename">pg_control</code> and values about to be changed, and then exit
41
+ without modifying anything. This is mainly a debugging tool, but can be
42
+ useful as a sanity check before allowing <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code>
43
+ to proceed for real.
44
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>Display version information, then exit.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>Show help, then exit.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
45
+ The following options are only needed when
46
+ <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> is unable to determine appropriate values
47
+ by reading <code class="filename">pg_control</code>. Safe values can be determined as
48
+ described below. For values that take numeric arguments, hexadecimal
49
+ values can be specified by using the prefix <code class="literal">0x</code>.
50
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em>,<em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--commit-timestamp-ids=<em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em>,<em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
51
+ Manually set the oldest and newest transaction IDs for which the commit
52
+ time can be retrieved.
53
+ </p><p>
54
+ A safe value for the oldest transaction ID for which the commit time can
55
+ be retrieved (first part) can be determined by looking
56
+ for the numerically smallest file name in the directory
57
+ <code class="filename">pg_commit_ts</code> under the data directory. Conversely, a safe
58
+ value for the newest transaction ID for which the commit time can be
59
+ retrieved (second part) can be determined by looking for the numerically
60
+ greatest file name in the same directory. The file names are in
61
+ hexadecimal.
62
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e <em class="replaceable"><code>xid_epoch</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--epoch=<em class="replaceable"><code>xid_epoch</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
63
+ Manually set the next transaction ID's epoch.
64
+ </p><p>
65
+ The transaction ID epoch is not actually stored anywhere in the database
66
+ except in the field that is set by <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code>,
67
+ so any value will work so far as the database itself is concerned.
68
+ You might need to adjust this value to ensure that replication
69
+ systems such as <span class="application">Slony-I</span> and
70
+ <span class="application">Skytools</span> work correctly —
71
+ if so, an appropriate value should be obtainable from the state of
72
+ the downstream replicated database.
73
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>walfile</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--next-wal-file=<em class="replaceable"><code>walfile</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
74
+ Manually set the WAL starting location by specifying the name of the
75
+ next WAL segment file.
76
+ </p><p>
77
+ The name of next WAL segment file should be
78
+ larger than any WAL segment file name currently existing in
79
+ the directory <code class="filename">pg_wal</code> under the data directory.
80
+ These names are also in hexadecimal and have three parts. The first
81
+ part is the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">timeline ID</span>”</span> and should usually be kept the same.
82
+ For example, if <code class="filename">00000001000000320000004A</code> is the
83
+ largest entry in <code class="filename">pg_wal</code>, use <code class="literal">-l 00000001000000320000004B</code> or higher.
84
+ </p><p>
85
+ Note that when using nondefault WAL segment sizes, the numbers in the WAL
86
+ file names are different from the LSNs that are reported by system
87
+ functions and system views. This option takes a WAL file name, not an
88
+ LSN.
89
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
90
+ <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> itself looks at the files in
91
+ <code class="filename">pg_wal</code> and chooses a default <code class="option">-l</code> setting
92
+ beyond the last existing file name. Therefore, manual adjustment of
93
+ <code class="option">-l</code> should only be needed if you are aware of WAL segment
94
+ files that are not currently present in <code class="filename">pg_wal</code>, such as
95
+ entries in an offline archive; or if the contents of
96
+ <code class="filename">pg_wal</code> have been lost entirely.
97
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>mxid</code></em>,<em class="replaceable"><code>mxid</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--multixact-ids=<em class="replaceable"><code>mxid</code></em>,<em class="replaceable"><code>mxid</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
98
+ Manually set the next and oldest multitransaction ID.
99
+ </p><p>
100
+ A safe value for the next multitransaction ID (first part) can be
101
+ determined by looking for the numerically largest file name in the
102
+ directory <code class="filename">pg_multixact/offsets</code> under the data directory,
103
+ adding one, and then multiplying by 65536 (0x10000). Conversely, a safe
104
+ value for the oldest multitransaction ID (second part of
105
+ <code class="option">-m</code>) can be determined by looking for the numerically smallest
106
+ file name in the same directory and multiplying by 65536. The file
107
+ names are in hexadecimal, so the easiest way to do this is to specify
108
+ the option value in hexadecimal and append four zeroes.
109
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-o <em class="replaceable"><code>oid</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--next-oid=<em class="replaceable"><code>oid</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
110
+ Manually set the next OID.
111
+ </p><p>
112
+ There is no comparably easy way to determine a next OID that's beyond
113
+ the largest one in the database, but fortunately it is not critical to
114
+ get the next-OID setting right.
115
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-O <em class="replaceable"><code>mxoff</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--multixact-offset=<em class="replaceable"><code>mxoff</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
116
+ Manually set the next multitransaction offset.
117
+ </p><p>
118
+ A safe value can be determined by looking for the numerically largest
119
+ file name in the directory <code class="filename">pg_multixact/members</code> under the
120
+ data directory, adding one, and then multiplying by 52352 (0xCC80).
121
+ The file names are in hexadecimal. There is no simple recipe such as
122
+ the ones for other options of appending zeroes.
123
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--wal-segsize=<em class="replaceable"><code>wal_segment_size</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
124
+ Set the new WAL segment size, in megabytes. The value must be set to a
125
+ power of 2 between 1 and 1024 (megabytes). See the same option of <a class="xref" href="app-initdb.html" title="initdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">initdb</span></span></a> for more information.
126
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
127
+ While <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> will set the WAL starting address
128
+ beyond the latest existing WAL segment file, some segment size changes
129
+ can cause previous WAL file names to be reused. It is recommended to
130
+ use <code class="option">-l</code> together with this option to manually set the
131
+ WAL starting address if WAL file name overlap will cause problems with
132
+ your archiving strategy.
133
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-u <em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--oldest-transaction-id=<em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
134
+ Manually set the oldest unfrozen transaction ID.
135
+ </p><p>
136
+ A safe value can be determined by looking for the numerically smallest
137
+ file name in the directory <code class="filename">pg_xact</code> under the data directory
138
+ and then multiplying by 1048576 (0x100000). Note that the file names are in
139
+ hexadecimal. It is usually easiest to specify the option value in
140
+ hexadecimal too. For example, if <code class="filename">0007</code> is the smallest entry
141
+ in <code class="filename">pg_xact</code>, <code class="literal">-u 0x700000</code> will work (five
142
+ trailing zeroes provide the proper multiplier).
143
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-x <em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--next-transaction-id=<em class="replaceable"><code>xid</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
144
+ Manually set the next transaction ID.
145
+ </p><p>
146
+ A safe value can be determined by looking for the numerically largest
147
+ file name in the directory <code class="filename">pg_xact</code> under the data directory,
148
+ adding one,
149
+ and then multiplying by 1048576 (0x100000). Note that the file names are in
150
+ hexadecimal. It is usually easiest to specify the option value in
151
+ hexadecimal too. For example, if <code class="filename">0011</code> is the largest entry
152
+ in <code class="filename">pg_xact</code>, <code class="literal">-x 0x1200000</code> will work (five
153
+ trailing zeroes provide the proper multiplier).
154
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.8.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
155
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
156
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
157
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
158
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.8.8"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
159
+ This command must not be used when the server is
160
+ running. <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> will refuse to start up if
161
+ it finds a server lock file in the data directory. If the
162
+ server crashed then a lock file might have been left
163
+ behind; in that case you can remove the lock file to allow
164
+ <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> to run. But before you do
165
+ so, make doubly certain that there is no server process still alive.
166
+ </p><p>
167
+ <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> works only with servers of the same
168
+ major version.
169
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.8.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pgcontroldata.html" title="pg_controldata"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_controldata</span></span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgrewind.html" title="pg_rewind">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_ctl</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_rewind</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ PostgreSQL 9.6 and below provided a command named
4
+ <code class="command">pg_resetxlog</code>
5
+ <a id="id-1.11.16.6.3.2" class="indexterm"></a>
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+ to reset the write-ahead-log (WAL) files. This command was renamed to <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code>, see
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+ <a class="xref" href="app-pgresetwal.html" title="pg_resetwal"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_resetwal</span></span></a> for documentation of <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code> and see
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+ <a class="link" href="release-prior.html" title="E.5. Prior Releases">the release notes for PostgreSQL 10</a> for details
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+ on this change.
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+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgxlogdump.html" title="O.3. pg_xlogdump renamed to pg_waldump">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="appendix-obsolete.html" title="Appendix O. Obsolete or Renamed Features">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgreceivexlog.html" title="O.5. pg_receivexlog renamed to pg_receivewal">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">O.3. <code class="command">pg_xlogdump</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_waldump</code> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> O.5. <code class="command">pg_receivexlog</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_receivewal</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_restore</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pgrecvlogical.html" title="pg_recvlogical" /><link rel="next" href="app-pgverifybackup.html" title="pg_verifybackup" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_restore</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgrecvlogical.html" title="pg_recvlogical">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgverifybackup.html" title="pg_verifybackup">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGRESTORE"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.18.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_restore</span></span></h2><p>pg_restore —
3
+ restore a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database from an
4
+ archive file created by <span class="application">pg_dump</span>
5
+ </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.18.4.1"><code class="command">pg_restore</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PGRESTORE-DESCRIPTION"><h2>Description</h2><p>
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+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> is a utility for restoring a
7
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database from an archive
8
+ created by <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></a> in one of the non-plain-text
9
+ formats. It will issue the commands necessary to reconstruct the
10
+ database to the state it was in at the time it was saved. The
11
+ archive files also allow <span class="application">pg_restore</span> to
12
+ be selective about what is restored, or even to reorder the items
13
+ prior to being restored. The archive files are designed to be
14
+ portable across architectures.
15
+ </p><p>
16
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> can operate in two modes.
17
+ If a database name is specified, <span class="application">pg_restore</span>
18
+ connects to that database and restores archive contents directly into
19
+ the database. Otherwise, a script containing the SQL
20
+ commands necessary to rebuild the database is created and written
21
+ to a file or standard output. This script output is equivalent to
22
+ the plain text output format of <span class="application">pg_dump</span>.
23
+ Some of the options controlling the output are therefore analogous to
24
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span> options.
25
+ </p><p>
26
+ Obviously, <span class="application">pg_restore</span> cannot restore information
27
+ that is not present in the archive file. For instance, if the
28
+ archive was made using the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">dump data as
29
+ <code class="command">INSERT</code> commands</span>”</span> option,
30
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> will not be able to load the data
31
+ using <code class="command">COPY</code> statements.
32
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PGRESTORE-OPTIONS"><h2>Options</h2><p>
33
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> accepts the following command
34
+ line arguments.
35
+
36
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
37
+ Specifies the location of the archive file (or directory, for a
38
+ directory-format archive) to be restored.
39
+ If not specified, the standard input is used.
40
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--data-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
41
+ Restore only the data, not the schema (data definitions).
42
+ Table data, large objects, and sequence values are restored,
43
+ if present in the archive.
44
+ </p><p>
45
+ This option is similar to, but for historical reasons not identical
46
+ to, specifying <code class="option">--section=data</code>.
47
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--clean</code></span></dt><dd><p>
48
+ Before restoring database objects, issue commands
49
+ to <code class="command">DROP</code> all the objects that will be restored.
50
+ This option is useful for overwriting an existing database.
51
+ If any of the objects do not exist in the destination database,
52
+ ignorable error messages will be reported,
53
+ unless <code class="option">--if-exists</code> is also specified.
54
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-C</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--create</code></span></dt><dd><p>
55
+ Create the database before restoring into it.
56
+ If <code class="option">--clean</code> is also specified, drop and
57
+ recreate the target database before connecting to it.
58
+ </p><p>
59
+ With <code class="option">--create</code>, <span class="application">pg_restore</span>
60
+ also restores the database's comment if any, and any configuration
61
+ variable settings that are specific to this database, that is,
62
+ any <code class="command">ALTER DATABASE ... SET ...</code>
63
+ and <code class="command">ALTER ROLE ... IN DATABASE ... SET ...</code>
64
+ commands that mention this database.
65
+ Access privileges for the database itself are also restored,
66
+ unless <code class="option">--no-acl</code> is specified.
67
+ </p><p>
68
+ When this option is used, the database named with <code class="option">-d</code>
69
+ is used only to issue the initial <code class="command">DROP DATABASE</code> and
70
+ <code class="command">CREATE DATABASE</code> commands. All data is restored into the
71
+ database name that appears in the archive.
72
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dbname=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ Connect to database <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> and restore directly
74
+ into the database. The <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can
75
+ be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>.
76
+ If so, connection string parameters will override any conflicting
77
+ command line options.
78
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exit-on-error</code></span></dt><dd><p>
79
+ Exit if an error is encountered while sending SQL commands to
80
+ the database. The default is to continue and to display a count of
81
+ errors at the end of the restoration.
82
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--file=<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
83
+ Specify output file for generated script, or for the listing
84
+ when used with <code class="option">-l</code>. Use <code class="literal">-</code>
85
+ for <span class="systemitem">stdout</span>.
86
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-F <em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--format=<em class="replaceable"><code>format</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
87
+ Specify format of the archive. It is not necessary to specify
88
+ the format, since <span class="application">pg_restore</span> will
89
+ determine the format automatically. If specified, it can be
90
+ one of the following:
91
+
92
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">custom</code></span></dt><dd><p>
93
+ The archive is in the custom format of
94
+ <span class="application">pg_dump</span>.
95
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">d</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">directory</code></span></dt><dd><p>
96
+ The archive is a directory archive.
97
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">t</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="literal">tar</code></span></dt><dd><p>
98
+ The archive is a <code class="command">tar</code> archive.
99
+ </p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-I <em class="replaceable"><code>index</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--index=<em class="replaceable"><code>index</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
100
+ Restore definition of named index only. Multiple indexes
101
+ may be specified with multiple <code class="option">-I</code> switches.
102
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-j <em class="replaceable"><code>number-of-jobs</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--jobs=<em class="replaceable"><code>number-of-jobs</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
103
+ Run the most time-consuming steps
104
+ of <span class="application">pg_restore</span> — those that load data,
105
+ create indexes, or create constraints — concurrently, using up
106
+ to <em class="replaceable"><code>number-of-jobs</code></em>
107
+ concurrent sessions. This option can dramatically reduce the time
108
+ to restore a large database to a server running on a
109
+ multiprocessor machine. This option is ignored when emitting a script
110
+ rather than connecting directly to a database server.
111
+ </p><p>
112
+ Each job is one process or one thread, depending on the
113
+ operating system, and uses a separate connection to the
114
+ server.
115
+ </p><p>
116
+ The optimal value for this option depends on the hardware
117
+ setup of the server, of the client, and of the network.
118
+ Factors include the number of CPU cores and the disk setup. A
119
+ good place to start is the number of CPU cores on the server,
120
+ but values larger than that can also lead to faster restore
121
+ times in many cases. Of course, values that are too high will
122
+ lead to decreased performance because of thrashing.
123
+ </p><p>
124
+ Only the custom and directory archive formats are supported
125
+ with this option.
126
+ The input must be a regular file or directory (not, for example, a
127
+ pipe or standard input). Also, multiple
128
+ jobs cannot be used together with the
129
+ option <code class="option">--single-transaction</code>.
130
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--list</code></span></dt><dd><p>
131
+ List the table of contents of the archive. The output of this operation
132
+ can be used as input to the <code class="option">-L</code> option. Note that
133
+ if filtering switches such as <code class="option">-n</code> or <code class="option">-t</code> are
134
+ used with <code class="option">-l</code>, they will restrict the items listed.
135
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-L <em class="replaceable"><code>list-file</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--use-list=<em class="replaceable"><code>list-file</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
136
+ Restore only those archive elements that are listed in <em class="replaceable"><code>list-file</code></em>, and restore them in the
137
+ order they appear in the file. Note that
138
+ if filtering switches such as <code class="option">-n</code> or <code class="option">-t</code> are
139
+ used with <code class="option">-L</code>, they will further restrict the items restored.
140
+ </p><p><em class="replaceable"><code>list-file</code></em> is normally created by
141
+ editing the output of a previous <code class="option">-l</code> operation.
142
+ Lines can be moved or removed, and can also
143
+ be commented out by placing a semicolon (<code class="literal">;</code>) at the
144
+ start of the line. See below for examples.
145
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
146
+ Restore only objects that are in the named schema. Multiple schemas
147
+ may be specified with multiple <code class="option">-n</code> switches. This can be
148
+ combined with the <code class="option">-t</code> option to restore just a
149
+ specific table.
150
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
151
+ Do not restore objects that are in the named schema. Multiple schemas
152
+ to be excluded may be specified with multiple <code class="option">-N</code> switches.
153
+ </p><p>
154
+ When both <code class="option">-n</code> and <code class="option">-N</code> are given for the same
155
+ schema name, the <code class="option">-N</code> switch wins and the schema is excluded.
156
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-O</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-owner</code></span></dt><dd><p>
157
+ Do not output commands to set
158
+ ownership of objects to match the original database.
159
+ By default, <span class="application">pg_restore</span> issues
160
+ <code class="command">ALTER OWNER</code> or
161
+ <code class="command">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</code>
162
+ statements to set ownership of created schema elements.
163
+ These statements will fail unless the initial connection to the
164
+ database is made by a superuser
165
+ (or the same user that owns all of the objects in the script).
166
+ With <code class="option">-O</code>, any user name can be used for the
167
+ initial connection, and this user will own all the created objects.
168
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P <em class="replaceable"><code>function-name(argtype [, ...])</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--function=<em class="replaceable"><code>function-name(argtype [, ...])</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
169
+ Restore the named function only. Be careful to spell the function
170
+ name and arguments exactly as they appear in the dump file's table
171
+ of contents. Multiple functions may be specified with multiple
172
+ <code class="option">-P</code> switches.
173
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-R</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-reconnect</code></span></dt><dd><p>
174
+ This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards
175
+ compatibility.
176
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
177
+ Restore only the schema (data definitions), not data,
178
+ to the extent that schema entries are present in the archive.
179
+ </p><p>
180
+ This option is the inverse of <code class="option">--data-only</code>.
181
+ It is similar to, but for historical reasons not identical to,
182
+ specifying
183
+ <code class="option">--section=pre-data --section=post-data</code>.
184
+ </p><p>
185
+ (Do not confuse this with the <code class="option">--schema</code> option, which
186
+ uses the word <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">schema</span>”</span> in a different meaning.)
187
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--superuser=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
188
+ Specify the superuser user name to use when disabling triggers.
189
+ This is relevant only if <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code> is used.
190
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--table=<em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
191
+ Restore definition and/or data of only the named table.
192
+ For this purpose, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">table</span>”</span> includes views, materialized views,
193
+ sequences, and foreign tables. Multiple tables
194
+ can be selected by writing multiple <code class="option">-t</code> switches.
195
+ This option can be combined with the <code class="option">-n</code> option to
196
+ specify table(s) in a particular schema.
197
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
198
+ When <code class="option">-t</code> is specified, <span class="application">pg_restore</span>
199
+ makes no attempt to restore any other database objects that the
200
+ selected table(s) might depend upon. Therefore, there is no
201
+ guarantee that a specific-table restore into a clean database will
202
+ succeed.
203
+ </p></div><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
204
+ This flag does not behave identically to the <code class="option">-t</code>
205
+ flag of <span class="application">pg_dump</span>. There is not currently
206
+ any provision for wild-card matching in <span class="application">pg_restore</span>,
207
+ nor can you include a schema name within its <code class="option">-t</code>.
208
+ And, while <span class="application">pg_dump</span>'s <code class="option">-t</code>
209
+ flag will also dump subsidiary objects (such as indexes) of the
210
+ selected table(s),
211
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span>'s <code class="option">-t</code>
212
+ flag does not include such subsidiary objects.
213
+ </p></div><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
214
+ In versions prior to <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 9.6, this flag
215
+ matched only tables, not any other type of relation.
216
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-T <em class="replaceable"><code>trigger</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--trigger=<em class="replaceable"><code>trigger</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
217
+ Restore named trigger only. Multiple triggers may be specified with
218
+ multiple <code class="option">-T</code> switches.
219
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
220
+ Specifies verbose mode. This will cause
221
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> to output detailed object
222
+ comments and start/stop times to the output file, and progress
223
+ messages to standard error.
224
+ Repeating the option causes additional debug-level messages
225
+ to appear on standard error.
226
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
227
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_restore</span> version and exit.
228
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-x</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-privileges</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-acl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
229
+ Prevent restoration of access privileges (grant/revoke commands).
230
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-1</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--single-transaction</code></span></dt><dd><p>
231
+ Execute the restore as a single transaction (that is, wrap the
232
+ emitted commands in <code class="command">BEGIN</code>/<code class="command">COMMIT</code>). This
233
+ ensures that either all the commands complete successfully, or no
234
+ changes are applied. This option implies
235
+ <code class="option">--exit-on-error</code>.
236
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-triggers</code></span></dt><dd><p>
237
+ This option is relevant only when performing a data-only restore.
238
+ It instructs <span class="application">pg_restore</span> to execute commands
239
+ to temporarily disable triggers on the target tables while
240
+ the data is restored. Use this if you have referential
241
+ integrity checks or other triggers on the tables that you
242
+ do not want to invoke during data restore.
243
+ </p><p>
244
+ Presently, the commands emitted for
245
+ <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code> must be done as superuser. So you
246
+ should also specify a superuser name with <code class="option">-S</code> or,
247
+ preferably, run <span class="application">pg_restore</span> as a
248
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> superuser.
249
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--enable-row-security</code></span></dt><dd><p>
250
+ This option is relevant only when restoring the contents of a table
251
+ which has row security. By default, <span class="application">pg_restore</span> will set
252
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-ROW-SECURITY">row_security</a> to off, to ensure
253
+ that all data is restored in to the table. If the user does not have
254
+ sufficient privileges to bypass row security, then an error is thrown.
255
+ This parameter instructs <span class="application">pg_restore</span> to set
256
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-ROW-SECURITY">row_security</a> to on instead, allowing the user to attempt to restore
257
+ the contents of the table with row security enabled. This might still
258
+ fail if the user does not have the right to insert the rows from the
259
+ dump into the table.
260
+ </p><p>
261
+ Note that this option currently also requires the dump be in <code class="command">INSERT</code>
262
+ format, as <code class="command">COPY FROM</code> does not support row security.
263
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--if-exists</code></span></dt><dd><p>
264
+ Use <code class="literal">DROP ... IF EXISTS</code> commands to drop objects
265
+ in <code class="option">--clean</code> mode. This suppresses <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">does not
266
+ exist</span>”</span> errors that might otherwise be reported. This
267
+ option is not valid unless <code class="option">--clean</code> is also
268
+ specified.
269
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-comments</code></span></dt><dd><p>
270
+ Do not output commands to restore comments, even if the archive
271
+ contains them.
272
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-data-for-failed-tables</code></span></dt><dd><p>
273
+ By default, table data is restored even if the creation command
274
+ for the table failed (e.g., because it already exists).
275
+ With this option, data for such a table is skipped.
276
+ This behavior is useful if the target database already
277
+ contains the desired table contents. For example,
278
+ auxiliary tables for <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> extensions
279
+ such as <span class="productname">PostGIS</span> might already be loaded in
280
+ the target database; specifying this option prevents duplicate
281
+ or obsolete data from being loaded into them.
282
+ </p><p>
283
+ This option is effective only when restoring directly into a
284
+ database, not when producing SQL script output.
285
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-publications</code></span></dt><dd><p>
286
+ Do not output commands to restore publications, even if the archive
287
+ contains them.
288
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-security-labels</code></span></dt><dd><p>
289
+ Do not output commands to restore security labels,
290
+ even if the archive contains them.
291
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-subscriptions</code></span></dt><dd><p>
292
+ Do not output commands to restore subscriptions, even if the archive
293
+ contains them.
294
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-table-access-method</code></span></dt><dd><p>
295
+ Do not output commands to select table access methods.
296
+ With this option, all objects will be created with whichever
297
+ access method is the default during restore.
298
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-tablespaces</code></span></dt><dd><p>
299
+ Do not output commands to select tablespaces.
300
+ With this option, all objects will be created in whichever
301
+ tablespace is the default during restore.
302
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--section=<em class="replaceable"><code>sectionname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
303
+ Only restore the named section. The section name can be
304
+ <code class="option">pre-data</code>, <code class="option">data</code>, or <code class="option">post-data</code>.
305
+ This option can be specified more than once to select multiple
306
+ sections. The default is to restore all sections.
307
+ </p><p>
308
+ The data section contains actual table data as well as large-object
309
+ definitions.
310
+ Post-data items consist of definitions of indexes, triggers, rules
311
+ and constraints other than validated check constraints.
312
+ Pre-data items consist of all other data definition items.
313
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--strict-names</code></span></dt><dd><p>
314
+ Require that each schema
315
+ (<code class="option">-n</code>/<code class="option">--schema</code>) and table
316
+ (<code class="option">-t</code>/<code class="option">--table</code>) qualifier match at
317
+ least one schema/table in the backup file.
318
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--use-set-session-authorization</code></span></dt><dd><p>
319
+ Output SQL-standard <code class="command">SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</code> commands
320
+ instead of <code class="command">ALTER OWNER</code> commands to determine object
321
+ ownership. This makes the dump more standards-compatible, but
322
+ depending on the history of the objects in the dump, might not restore
323
+ properly.
324
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
325
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_restore</span> command line
326
+ arguments, and exit.
327
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
328
+ </p><p>
329
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> also accepts
330
+ the following command line arguments for connection parameters:
331
+
332
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
333
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
334
+ running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
335
+ directory for the Unix domain socket. The default is taken
336
+ from the <code class="envar">PGHOST</code> environment variable, if set,
337
+ else a Unix domain socket connection is attempted.
338
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
339
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
340
+ extension on which the server is listening for connections.
341
+ Defaults to the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> environment variable, if
342
+ set, or a compiled-in default.
343
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
344
+ User name to connect as.
345
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
346
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
347
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
348
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
349
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
350
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
351
+ password.
352
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
353
+ Force <span class="application">pg_restore</span> to prompt for a
354
+ password before connecting to a database.
355
+ </p><p>
356
+ This option is never essential, since
357
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> will automatically prompt
358
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
359
+ However, <span class="application">pg_restore</span> will waste a
360
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
361
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
362
+ connection attempt.
363
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--role=<em class="replaceable"><code>rolename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
364
+ Specifies a role name to be used to perform the restore.
365
+ This option causes <span class="application">pg_restore</span> to issue a
366
+ <code class="command">SET ROLE</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>rolename</code></em>
367
+ command after connecting to the database. It is useful when the
368
+ authenticated user (specified by <code class="option">-U</code>) lacks privileges
369
+ needed by <span class="application">pg_restore</span>, but can switch to a role with
370
+ the required rights. Some installations have a policy against
371
+ logging in directly as a superuser, and use of this option allows
372
+ restores to be performed without violating the policy.
373
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
374
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.18.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGOPTIONS</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
375
+ Default connection parameters
376
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
377
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
378
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
379
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
380
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
381
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
382
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
383
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>). However, it does not read
384
+ <code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code> when a database name is not supplied.
385
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PGRESTORE-DIAGNOSTICS"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
386
+ When a direct database connection is specified using the
387
+ <code class="option">-d</code> option, <span class="application">pg_restore</span>
388
+ internally executes <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> statements. If you have
389
+ problems running <span class="application">pg_restore</span>, make sure
390
+ you are able to select information from the database using, for
391
+ example, <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a>. Also, any default connection
392
+ settings and environment variables used by the
393
+ <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end library will apply.
394
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PGRESTORE-NOTES"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
395
+ If your installation has any local additions to the
396
+ <code class="literal">template1</code> database, be careful to load the output of
397
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> into a truly empty database;
398
+ otherwise you are likely to get errors due to duplicate definitions
399
+ of the added objects. To make an empty database without any local
400
+ additions, copy from <code class="literal">template0</code> not <code class="literal">template1</code>, for example:
401
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
402
+ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
403
+ </pre><p>
404
+ </p><p>
405
+ The limitations of <span class="application">pg_restore</span> are detailed below.
406
+
407
+ </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
408
+ When restoring data to a pre-existing table and the option
409
+ <code class="option">--disable-triggers</code> is used,
410
+ <span class="application">pg_restore</span> emits commands
411
+ to disable triggers on user tables before inserting the data, then emits commands to
412
+ re-enable them after the data has been inserted. If the restore is stopped in the
413
+ middle, the system catalogs might be left in the wrong state.
414
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="application">pg_restore</span> cannot restore large objects
415
+ selectively; for instance, only those for a specific table. If
416
+ an archive contains large objects, then all large objects will be
417
+ restored, or none of them if they are excluded via <code class="option">-L</code>,
418
+ <code class="option">-t</code>, or other options.
419
+ </p></li></ul></div><p>
420
+ </p><p>
421
+ See also the <a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></a> documentation for details on
422
+ limitations of <span class="application">pg_dump</span>.
423
+ </p><p>
424
+ Once restored, it is wise to run <code class="command">ANALYZE</code> on each
425
+ restored table so the optimizer has useful statistics; see
426
+ <a class="xref" href="routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-STATISTICS" title="25.1.3. Updating Planner Statistics">Section 25.1.3</a> and
427
+ <a class="xref" href="routine-vacuuming.html#AUTOVACUUM" title="25.1.6. The Autovacuum Daemon">Section 25.1.6</a> for more information.
428
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-PGRESTORE-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
429
+ Assume we have dumped a database called <code class="literal">mydb</code> into a
430
+ custom-format dump file:
431
+
432
+ </p><pre class="screen">
433
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_dump -Fc mydb &gt; db.dump</code></strong>
434
+ </pre><p>
435
+ </p><p>
436
+ To drop the database and recreate it from the dump:
437
+
438
+ </p><pre class="screen">
439
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>dropdb mydb</code></strong>
440
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_restore -C -d postgres db.dump</code></strong>
441
+ </pre><p>
442
+
443
+ The database named in the <code class="option">-d</code> switch can be any database existing
444
+ in the cluster; <span class="application">pg_restore</span> only uses it to issue the
445
+ <code class="command">CREATE DATABASE</code> command for <code class="literal">mydb</code>. With
446
+ <code class="option">-C</code>, data is always restored into the database name that appears
447
+ in the dump file.
448
+ </p><p>
449
+ To restore the dump into a new database called <code class="literal">newdb</code>:
450
+
451
+ </p><pre class="screen">
452
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>createdb -T template0 newdb</code></strong>
453
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_restore -d newdb db.dump</code></strong>
454
+ </pre><p>
455
+
456
+ Notice we don't use <code class="option">-C</code>, and instead connect directly to the
457
+ database to be restored into. Also note that we clone the new database
458
+ from <code class="literal">template0</code> not <code class="literal">template1</code>, to ensure it is
459
+ initially empty.
460
+ </p><p>
461
+ To reorder database items, it is first necessary to dump the table of
462
+ contents of the archive:
463
+ </p><pre class="screen">
464
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_restore -l db.dump &gt; db.list</code></strong>
465
+ </pre><p>
466
+ The listing file consists of a header and one line for each item, e.g.:
467
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
468
+ ;
469
+ ; Archive created at Mon Sep 14 13:55:39 2009
470
+ ; dbname: DBDEMOS
471
+ ; TOC Entries: 81
472
+ ; Compression: 9
473
+ ; Dump Version: 1.10-0
474
+ ; Format: CUSTOM
475
+ ; Integer: 4 bytes
476
+ ; Offset: 8 bytes
477
+ ; Dumped from database version: 8.3.5
478
+ ; Dumped by pg_dump version: 8.3.8
479
+ ;
480
+ ;
481
+ ; Selected TOC Entries:
482
+ ;
483
+ 3; 2615 2200 SCHEMA - public pasha
484
+ 1861; 0 0 COMMENT - SCHEMA public pasha
485
+ 1862; 0 0 ACL - public pasha
486
+ 317; 1247 17715 TYPE public composite pasha
487
+ 319; 1247 25899 DOMAIN public domain0 pasha
488
+ </pre><p>
489
+ Semicolons start a comment, and the numbers at the start of lines refer to the
490
+ internal archive ID assigned to each item.
491
+ </p><p>
492
+ Lines in the file can be commented out, deleted, and reordered. For example:
493
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
494
+ 10; 145433 TABLE map_resolutions postgres
495
+ ;2; 145344 TABLE species postgres
496
+ ;4; 145359 TABLE nt_header postgres
497
+ 6; 145402 TABLE species_records postgres
498
+ ;8; 145416 TABLE ss_old postgres
499
+ </pre><p>
500
+ could be used as input to <span class="application">pg_restore</span> and would only restore
501
+ items 10 and 6, in that order:
502
+ </p><pre class="screen">
503
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_restore -L db.list db.dump</code></strong>
504
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.18.11"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pgdump.html" title="pg_dump"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dump</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="app-pg-dumpall.html" title="pg_dumpall"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_dumpall</span></span></a>, <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgrecvlogical.html" title="pg_recvlogical">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-pgverifybackup.html" title="pg_verifybackup">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>pg_rewind</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-pgresetwal.html" title="pg_resetwal" /><link rel="next" href="pgtestfsync.html" title="pg_test_fsync" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">pg_rewind</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgresetwal.html" title="pg_resetwal">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Server Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pgtestfsync.html" title="pg_test_fsync">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-PGREWIND"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.5.9.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_rewind</span></span></h2><p>pg_rewind — synchronize a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> data directory with another data directory that was forked from it</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.9.4.1"><code class="command">pg_rewind</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] { <code class="option">-D</code> | <code class="option">--target-pgdata</code> }<em class="replaceable"><code> directory</code></em> { <code class="option">--source-pgdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code> | <code class="option">--source-server=<em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code> } </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.9.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> is a tool for synchronizing a PostgreSQL cluster
4
+ with another copy of the same cluster, after the clusters' timelines have
5
+ diverged. A typical scenario is to bring an old primary server back online
6
+ after failover as a standby that follows the new primary.
7
+ </p><p>
8
+ After a successful rewind, the state of the target data directory is
9
+ analogous to a base backup of the source data directory. Unlike taking
10
+ a new base backup or using a tool like <span class="application">rsync</span>,
11
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> does not require comparing or copying
12
+ unchanged relation blocks in the cluster. Only changed blocks from existing
13
+ relation files are copied; all other files, including new relation files,
14
+ configuration files, and WAL segments, are copied in full. As such the
15
+ rewind operation is significantly faster than other approaches when the
16
+ database is large and only a small fraction of blocks differ between the
17
+ clusters.
18
+ </p><p>
19
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> examines the timeline histories of the source
20
+ and target clusters to determine the point where they diverged, and
21
+ expects to find WAL in the target cluster's <code class="filename">pg_wal</code> directory
22
+ reaching all the way back to the point of divergence. The point of divergence
23
+ can be found either on the target timeline, the source timeline, or their common
24
+ ancestor. In the typical failover scenario where the target cluster was
25
+ shut down soon after the divergence, this is not a problem, but if the
26
+ target cluster ran for a long time after the divergence, its old WAL
27
+ files might no longer be present. In this case, you can manually copy them
28
+ from the WAL archive to the <code class="filename">pg_wal</code> directory, or run
29
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> with the <code class="literal">-c</code> option to
30
+ automatically retrieve them from the WAL archive. The use of
31
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> is not limited to failover, e.g., a standby
32
+ server can be promoted, run some write transactions, and then rewound
33
+ to become a standby again.
34
+ </p><p>
35
+ After running <span class="application">pg_rewind</span>, WAL replay needs to
36
+ complete for the data directory to be in a consistent state. When the
37
+ target server is started again it will enter archive recovery and replay
38
+ all WAL generated in the source server from the last checkpoint before
39
+ the point of divergence. If some of the WAL was no longer available in the
40
+ source server when <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> was run, and
41
+ therefore could not be copied by the <span class="application">pg_rewind</span>
42
+ session, it must be made available when the target server is started.
43
+ This can be done by creating a <code class="filename">recovery.signal</code> file
44
+ in the target data directory and by configuring a suitable
45
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-RESTORE-COMMAND">restore_command</a> in
46
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>.
47
+ </p><p>
48
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> requires that the target server either has
49
+ the <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-WAL-LOG-HINTS">wal_log_hints</a> option enabled
50
+ in <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> or data checksums enabled when
51
+ the cluster was initialized with <span class="application">initdb</span>. Neither of these
52
+ are currently on by default. <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-FULL-PAGE-WRITES">full_page_writes</a>
53
+ must also be set to <code class="literal">on</code>, but is enabled by default.
54
+ </p><div class="warning"><h3 class="title">Warning: Failures While Rewinding</h3><p>
55
+ If <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> fails while processing, then
56
+ the data folder of the target is likely not in a state that can be
57
+ recovered. In such a case, taking a new fresh backup is recommended.
58
+ </p><p>
59
+ As <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> copies configuration files
60
+ entirely from the source, it may be required to correct the configuration
61
+ used for recovery before restarting the target server, especially if
62
+ the target is reintroduced as a standby of the source. If you restart
63
+ the server after the rewind operation has finished but without configuring
64
+ recovery, the target may again diverge from the primary.
65
+ </p><p>
66
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> will fail immediately if it finds
67
+ files it cannot write directly to. This can happen for example when
68
+ the source and the target server use the same file mapping for read-only
69
+ SSL keys and certificates. If such files are present on the target server
70
+ it is recommended to remove them before running
71
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span>. After doing the rewind, some of
72
+ those files may have been copied from the source, in which case it may
73
+ be necessary to remove the data copied and restore back the set of links
74
+ used before the rewind.
75
+ </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.9.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
76
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> accepts the following command-line
77
+ arguments:
78
+
79
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--target-pgdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
80
+ This option specifies the target data directory that is synchronized
81
+ with the source. The target server must be shut down cleanly before
82
+ running <span class="application">pg_rewind</span>
83
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--source-pgdata=<em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
84
+ Specifies the file system path to the data directory of the source
85
+ server to synchronize the target with. This option requires the
86
+ source server to be cleanly shut down.
87
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--source-server=<em class="replaceable"><code>connstr</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
88
+ Specifies a libpq connection string to connect to the source
89
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server to synchronize the target
90
+ with. The connection must be a normal (non-replication) connection
91
+ with a role having sufficient permissions to execute the functions
92
+ used by <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> on the source server
93
+ (see Notes section for details) or a superuser role. This option
94
+ requires the source server to be running and accepting connections.
95
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-R</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--write-recovery-conf</code></span></dt><dd><p>
96
+ Create <code class="filename">standby.signal</code> and append connection
97
+ settings to <code class="filename">postgresql.auto.conf</code> in the output
98
+ directory. <code class="literal">--source-server</code> is mandatory with
99
+ this option.
100
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--dry-run</code></span></dt><dd><p>
101
+ Do everything except actually modifying the target directory.
102
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-sync</code></span></dt><dd><p>
103
+ By default, <code class="command">pg_rewind</code> will wait for all files
104
+ to be written safely to disk. This option causes
105
+ <code class="command">pg_rewind</code> to return without waiting, which is
106
+ faster, but means that a subsequent operating system crash can leave
107
+ the data directory corrupt. Generally, this option is useful for
108
+ testing but should not be used on a production
109
+ installation.
110
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--progress</code></span></dt><dd><p>
111
+ Enables progress reporting. Turning this on will deliver an approximate
112
+ progress report while copying data from the source cluster.
113
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--restore-target-wal</code></span></dt><dd><p>
114
+ Use <code class="varname">restore_command</code> defined in the target cluster
115
+ configuration to retrieve WAL files from the WAL archive if these
116
+ files are no longer available in the <code class="filename">pg_wal</code>
117
+ directory.
118
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--config-file=<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
119
+ Use the specified main server configuration file for the target
120
+ cluster. This affects <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> when
121
+ it uses internally the <span class="application">postgres</span> command
122
+ for the rewind operation on this cluster (when retrieving
123
+ <code class="varname">restore_command</code> with the option
124
+ <code class="option">-c/--restore-target-wal</code> and when forcing a
125
+ completion of crash recovery).
126
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--debug</code></span></dt><dd><p>
127
+ Print verbose debugging output that is mostly useful for developers
128
+ debugging <span class="application">pg_rewind</span>.
129
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-ensure-shutdown</code></span></dt><dd><p>
130
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> requires that the target server
131
+ is cleanly shut down before rewinding. By default, if the target server
132
+ is not shut down cleanly, <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> starts
133
+ the target server in single-user mode to complete crash recovery first,
134
+ and stops it.
135
+ By passing this option, <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> skips
136
+ this and errors out immediately if the server is not cleanly shut
137
+ down. Users are expected to handle the situation themselves in that
138
+ case.
139
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>Display version information, then exit.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>Show help, then exit.</p></dd></dl></div><p>
140
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.9.7"><h2>Environment</h2><p>
141
+ When <code class="option">--source-server</code> option is used,
142
+ <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> also uses the environment variables
143
+ supported by <span class="application">libpq</span> (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
144
+ </p><p>
145
+ The environment variable <code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code> specifies whether to use
146
+ color in diagnostic messages. Possible values are
147
+ <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
148
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
149
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.9.8"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
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+ When executing <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> using an online
151
+ cluster as source, a role having sufficient permissions to execute the
152
+ functions used by <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> on the source
153
+ cluster can be used instead of a superuser. Here is how to create such
154
+ a role, named <code class="literal">rewind_user</code> here:
155
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
156
+ CREATE USER rewind_user LOGIN;
157
+ GRANT EXECUTE ON function pg_catalog.pg_ls_dir(text, boolean, boolean) TO rewind_user;
158
+ GRANT EXECUTE ON function pg_catalog.pg_stat_file(text, boolean) TO rewind_user;
159
+ GRANT EXECUTE ON function pg_catalog.pg_read_binary_file(text) TO rewind_user;
160
+ GRANT EXECUTE ON function pg_catalog.pg_read_binary_file(text, bigint, bigint, boolean) TO rewind_user;
161
+ </pre><p>
162
+ </p><div class="refsect2" id="id-1.9.5.9.8.3"><h3>How It Works</h3><p>
163
+ The basic idea is to copy all file system-level changes from the source
164
+ cluster to the target cluster:
165
+ </p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li class="step"><p>
166
+ Scan the WAL log of the target cluster, starting from the last
167
+ checkpoint before the point where the source cluster's timeline
168
+ history forked off from the target cluster. For each WAL record,
169
+ record each data block that was touched. This yields a list of all
170
+ the data blocks that were changed in the target cluster, after the
171
+ source cluster forked off. If some of the WAL files are no longer
172
+ available, try re-running <span class="application">pg_rewind</span> with
173
+ the <code class="option">-c</code> option to search for the missing files in
174
+ the WAL archive.
175
+ </p></li><li class="step"><p>
176
+ Copy all those changed blocks from the source cluster to
177
+ the target cluster, either using direct file system access
178
+ (<code class="option">--source-pgdata</code>) or SQL (<code class="option">--source-server</code>).
179
+ Relation files are now in a state equivalent to the moment of the last
180
+ completed checkpoint prior to the point at which the WAL timelines of the
181
+ source and target diverged plus the current state on the source of any
182
+ blocks changed on the target after that divergence.
183
+ </p></li><li class="step"><p>
184
+ Copy all other files, including new relation files, WAL segments,
185
+ <code class="filename">pg_xact</code>, and configuration files from the source
186
+ cluster to the target cluster. Similarly to base backups, the contents
187
+ of the directories <code class="filename">pg_dynshmem/</code>,
188
+ <code class="filename">pg_notify/</code>, <code class="filename">pg_replslot/</code>,
189
+ <code class="filename">pg_serial/</code>, <code class="filename">pg_snapshots/</code>,
190
+ <code class="filename">pg_stat_tmp/</code>, and <code class="filename">pg_subtrans/</code>
191
+ are omitted from the data copied from the source cluster. The files
192
+ <code class="filename">backup_label</code>,
193
+ <code class="filename">tablespace_map</code>,
194
+ <code class="filename">pg_internal.init</code>,
195
+ <code class="filename">postmaster.opts</code>,
196
+ <code class="filename">postmaster.pid</code> and
197
+ <code class="filename">.DS_Store</code> as well as any file or directory
198
+ beginning with <code class="filename">pgsql_tmp</code>, are omitted.
199
+ </p></li><li class="step"><p>
200
+ Create a <code class="filename">backup_label</code> file to begin WAL replay at
201
+ the checkpoint created at failover and configure the
202
+ <code class="filename">pg_control</code> file with a minimum consistency LSN
203
+ defined as the result of <code class="literal">pg_current_wal_insert_lsn()</code>
204
+ when rewinding from a live source or the last checkpoint LSN when
205
+ rewinding from a stopped source.
206
+ </p></li><li class="step"><p>
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+ When starting the target, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> replays
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+ all the required WAL, resulting in a data directory in a consistent
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+ state.
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+ </p></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgresetwal.html" title="pg_resetwal">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pgtestfsync.html" title="pg_test_fsync">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_resetwal</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">pg_test_fsync</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.19.4.1"><code class="command">pg_verifybackup</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.19.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
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+ <span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span> is used to check the
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+ integrity of a database cluster backup taken using
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+ <code class="command">pg_basebackup</code> against a
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+ <code class="literal">backup_manifest</code> generated by the server at the time
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+ of the backup. The backup must be stored in the "plain"
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+ format; a "tar" format backup can be checked after extracting it.
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+ </p><p>
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+ It is important to note that the validation which is performed by
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+ <span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span> does not and cannot include
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+ every check which will be performed by a running server when attempting
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+ to make use of the backup. Even if you use this tool, you should still
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+ perform test restores and verify that the resulting databases work as
16
+ expected and that they appear to contain the correct data. However,
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+ <span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span> can detect many problems
18
+ that commonly occur due to storage problems or user error.
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+ </p><p>
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+ Backup verification proceeds in four stages. First,
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+ <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code> reads the
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+ <code class="literal">backup_manifest</code> file. If that file
23
+ does not exist, cannot be read, is malformed, or fails verification
24
+ against its own internal checksum, <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code>
25
+ will terminate with a fatal error.
26
+ </p><p>
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+ Second, <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code> will attempt to verify that
28
+ the data files currently stored on disk are exactly the same as the data
29
+ files which the server intended to send, with some exceptions that are
30
+ described below. Extra and missing files will be detected, with a few
31
+ exceptions. This step will ignore the presence or absence of, or any
32
+ modifications to, <code class="literal">postgresql.auto.conf</code>,
33
+ <code class="literal">standby.signal</code>, and <code class="literal">recovery.signal</code>,
34
+ because it is expected that these files may have been created or modified
35
+ as part of the process of taking the backup. It also won't complain about
36
+ a <code class="literal">backup_manifest</code> file in the target directory or
37
+ about anything inside <code class="literal">pg_wal</code>, even though these
38
+ files won't be listed in the backup manifest. Only files are checked;
39
+ the presence or absence of directories is not verified, except
40
+ indirectly: if a directory is missing, any files it should have contained
41
+ will necessarily also be missing.
42
+ </p><p>
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+ Next, <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code> will checksum all the files,
44
+ compare the checksums against the values in the manifest, and emit errors
45
+ for any files for which the computed checksum does not match the
46
+ checksum stored in the manifest. This step is not performed for any files
47
+ which produced errors in the previous step, since they are already known
48
+ to have problems. Files which were ignored in the previous step are also
49
+ ignored in this step.
50
+ </p><p>
51
+ Finally, <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code> will use the manifest to
52
+ verify that the write-ahead log records which will be needed to recover
53
+ the backup are present and that they can be read and parsed. The
54
+ <code class="literal">backup_manifest</code> contains information about which
55
+ write-ahead log records will be needed, and
56
+ <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code> will use that information to
57
+ invoke <code class="literal">pg_waldump</code> to parse those write-ahead log
58
+ records. The <code class="literal">--quiet</code> flag will be used, so that
59
+ <code class="literal">pg_waldump</code> will only report errors, without producing
60
+ any other output. While this level of verification is sufficient to
61
+ detect obvious problems such as a missing file or one whose internal
62
+ checksums do not match, they aren't extensive enough to detect every
63
+ possible problem that might occur when attempting to recover. For
64
+ instance, a server bug that produces write-ahead log records that have
65
+ the correct checksums but specify nonsensical actions can't be detected
66
+ by this method.
67
+ </p><p>
68
+ Note that if extra WAL files which are not required to recover the backup
69
+ are present, they will not be checked by this tool, although
70
+ a separate invocation of <code class="literal">pg_waldump</code> could be used for
71
+ that purpose. Also note that WAL verification is version-specific: you
72
+ must use the version of <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code>, and thus of
73
+ <code class="literal">pg_waldump</code>, which pertains to the backup being checked.
74
+ In contrast, the data file integrity checks should work with any version
75
+ of the server that generates a <code class="literal">backup_manifest</code> file.
76
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.19.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
77
+ <span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span> accepts the following
78
+ command-line arguments:
79
+
80
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exit-on-error</code></span></dt><dd><p>
81
+ Exit as soon as a problem with the backup is detected. If this option
82
+ is not specified, <code class="literal">pg_verifybackup</code> will continue
83
+ checking the backup even after a problem has been detected, and will
84
+ report all problems detected as errors.
85
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--ignore=<em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
86
+ Ignore the specified file or directory, which should be expressed
87
+ as a relative path name, when comparing the list of data files
88
+ actually present in the backup to those listed in the
89
+ <code class="literal">backup_manifest</code> file. If a directory is
90
+ specified, this option affects the entire subtree rooted at that
91
+ location. Complaints about extra files, missing files, file size
92
+ differences, or checksum mismatches will be suppressed if the
93
+ relative path name matches the specified path name. This option
94
+ can be specified multiple times.
95
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--manifest-path=<em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
96
+ Use the manifest file at the specified path, rather than one located
97
+ in the root of the backup directory.
98
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-parse-wal</code></span></dt><dd><p>
99
+ Don't attempt to parse write-ahead log data that will be needed
100
+ to recover from this backup.
101
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--progress</code></span></dt><dd><p>
102
+ Enable progress reporting. Turning this on will deliver a progress
103
+ report while verifying checksums.
104
+ </p><p>
105
+ This option cannot be used together with the option
106
+ <code class="option">--quiet</code>.
107
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt><dd><p>
108
+ Don't print anything when a backup is successfully verified.
109
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--skip-checksums</code></span></dt><dd><p>
110
+ Do not verify data file checksums. The presence or absence of
111
+ files and the sizes of those files will still be checked. This is
112
+ much faster, because the files themselves do not need to be read.
113
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w <em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--wal-directory=<em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
114
+ Try to parse WAL files stored in the specified directory, rather than
115
+ in <code class="literal">pg_wal</code>. This may be useful if the backup is
116
+ stored in a separate location from the WAL archive.
117
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
118
+ </p><p>
119
+ Other options are also available:
120
+
121
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
122
+ Print the <span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span> version and exit.
123
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
124
+ Show help about <span class="application">pg_verifybackup</span> command
125
+ line arguments, and exit.
126
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
127
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.19.7"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
128
+ To create a base backup of the server at <code class="literal">mydbserver</code> and
129
+ verify the integrity of the backup:
130
+ </p><pre class="screen">
131
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</code></strong>
132
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_verifybackup /usr/local/pgsql/data</code></strong>
133
+ </pre><p>
134
+ </p><p>
135
+ To create a base backup of the server at <code class="literal">mydbserver</code>, move
136
+ the manifest somewhere outside the backup directory, and verify the
137
+ backup:
138
+ </p><pre class="screen">
139
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/backup1234</code></strong>
140
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>mv /usr/local/pgsql/backup1234/backup_manifest /my/secure/location/backup_manifest.1234</code></strong>
141
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_verifybackup -m /my/secure/location/backup_manifest.1234 /usr/local/pgsql/backup1234</code></strong>
142
+ </pre><p>
143
+ </p><p>
144
+ To verify a backup while ignoring a file that was added manually to the
145
+ backup directory, and also skipping checksum verification:
146
+ </p><pre class="screen">
147
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_basebackup -h mydbserver -D /usr/local/pgsql/data</code></strong>
148
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>edit /usr/local/pgsql/data/note.to.self</code></strong>
149
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>pg_verifybackup --ignore=note.to.self --skip-checksums /usr/local/pgsql/data</code></strong>
150
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.19.8"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="app-pgbasebackup.html" title="pg_basebackup"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_basebackup</span></span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-pgrestore.html" title="pg_restore">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-psql.html" title="psql">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">pg_restore</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">psql</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>postgres</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="pgwaldump.html" title="pg_waldump" /><link rel="next" href="internals.html" title="Part VII. Internals" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">postgres</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pgwaldump.html" title="pg_waldump">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Server Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="internals.html" title="Part VII. Internals">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-POSTGRES"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.5.14.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">postgres</span></span></h2><p>postgres — <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database server</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.5.14.4.1"><code class="command">postgres</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.14.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
3
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> is the
4
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database server. In order
5
+ for a client application to access a database it connects (over a
6
+ network or locally) to a running <code class="command">postgres</code> instance.
7
+ The <code class="command">postgres</code> instance then starts a separate server
8
+ process to handle the connection.
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ One <code class="command">postgres</code> instance always manages the data of
11
+ exactly one database cluster. A database cluster is a collection
12
+ of databases that is stored at a common file system location (the
13
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">data area</span>”</span>). More than one
14
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> instance can run on a system at one
15
+ time, so long as they use different data areas and different
16
+ communication ports (see below). When
17
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> starts it needs to know the location
18
+ of the data area. The location must be specified by the
19
+ <code class="option">-D</code> option or the <code class="envar">PGDATA</code> environment
20
+ variable; there is no default. Typically, <code class="option">-D</code> or
21
+ <code class="envar">PGDATA</code> points directly to the data area directory
22
+ created by <a class="xref" href="app-initdb.html" title="initdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">initdb</span></span></a>. Other possible file layouts are
23
+ discussed in <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-file-locations.html" title="20.2. File Locations">Section 20.2</a>.
24
+ </p><p>
25
+ By default <code class="command">postgres</code> starts in the
26
+ foreground and prints log messages to the standard error stream. In
27
+ practical applications <code class="command">postgres</code>
28
+ should be started as a background process, perhaps at boot time.
29
+ </p><p>
30
+ The <code class="command">postgres</code> command can also be called in
31
+ single-user mode. The primary use for this mode is during
32
+ bootstrapping by <a class="xref" href="app-initdb.html" title="initdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">initdb</span></span></a>. Sometimes it is used
33
+ for debugging or disaster recovery; note that running a single-user
34
+ server is not truly suitable for debugging the server, since no
35
+ realistic interprocess communication and locking will happen.
36
+ When invoked in single-user
37
+ mode from the shell, the user can enter queries and the results
38
+ will be printed to the screen, but in a form that is more useful
39
+ for developers than end users. In the single-user mode,
40
+ the session user will be set to the user with ID 1, and implicit
41
+ superuser powers are granted to this user.
42
+ This user does not actually have to exist, so the single-user mode
43
+ can be used to manually recover from certain
44
+ kinds of accidental damage to the system catalogs.
45
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-POSTGRES-OPTIONS"><h2>Options</h2><p>
46
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> accepts the following command-line
47
+ arguments. For a detailed discussion of the options consult <a class="xref" href="runtime-config.html" title="Chapter 20. Server Configuration">Chapter 20</a>. You can save typing most of these
48
+ options by setting up a configuration file. Some (safe) options
49
+ can also be set from the connecting client in an
50
+ application-dependent way to apply only for that session. For
51
+ example, if the environment variable <code class="envar">PGOPTIONS</code> is
52
+ set, then <span class="application">libpq</span>-based clients will pass that
53
+ string to the server, which will interpret it as
54
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> command-line options.
55
+ </p><div class="refsect2" id="id-1.9.5.14.6.3"><h3>General Purpose</h3><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-B <em class="replaceable"><code>nbuffers</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
56
+ Sets the number of shared buffers for use by the server
57
+ processes. The default value of this parameter is chosen
58
+ automatically by <span class="application">initdb</span>.
59
+ Specifying this option is equivalent to setting the
60
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-resource.html#GUC-SHARED-BUFFERS">shared_buffers</a> configuration parameter.
61
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-c <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
62
+ Sets a named run-time parameter. The configuration parameters
63
+ supported by <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> are
64
+ described in <a class="xref" href="runtime-config.html" title="Chapter 20. Server Configuration">Chapter 20</a>. Most of the
65
+ other command line options are in fact short forms of such a
66
+ parameter assignment. <code class="option">-c</code> can appear multiple times
67
+ to set multiple parameters.
68
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-C <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
69
+ Prints the value of the named run-time parameter, and exits.
70
+ (See the <code class="option">-c</code> option above for details.) This
71
+ returns values from
72
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>, modified by any parameters
73
+ supplied in this invocation. It does not reflect parameters
74
+ supplied when the cluster was started.
75
+ </p><p>
76
+ This can be used on a running server for most parameters. However,
77
+ the server must be shut down for some runtime-computed parameters
78
+ (e.g., <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-preset.html#GUC-SHARED-MEMORY-SIZE">shared_memory_size</a>,
79
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-preset.html#GUC-SHARED-MEMORY-SIZE-IN-HUGE-PAGES">shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages</a>, and
80
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-preset.html#GUC-WAL-SEGMENT-SIZE">wal_segment_size</a>).
81
+ </p><p>
82
+ This option is meant for other programs that interact with a server
83
+ instance, such as <a class="xref" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_ctl</span></span></a>, to query configuration
84
+ parameter values. User-facing applications should instead use <a class="link" href="sql-show.html" title="SHOW"><code class="command">SHOW</code></a> or the <code class="structname">pg_settings</code> view.
85
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d <em class="replaceable"><code>debug-level</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
86
+ Sets the debug level. The higher this value is set, the more
87
+ debugging output is written to the server log. Values are
88
+ from 1 to 5. It is also possible to pass <code class="literal">-d
89
+ 0</code> for a specific session, which will prevent the
90
+ server log level of the parent <code class="command">postgres</code> process from being
91
+ propagated to this session.
92
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-D <em class="replaceable"><code>datadir</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
93
+ Specifies the file system location of the database
94
+ configuration files. See
95
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-file-locations.html" title="20.2. File Locations">Section 20.2</a> for details.
96
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code></span></dt><dd><p>
97
+ Sets the default date style to <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">European</span>”</span>, that is
98
+ <code class="literal">DMY</code> ordering of input date fields. This also causes
99
+ the day to be printed before the month in certain date output formats.
100
+ See <a class="xref" href="datatype-datetime.html" title="8.5. Date/Time Types">Section 8.5</a> for more information.
101
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-F</code></span></dt><dd><p>
102
+ Disables <code class="function">fsync</code> calls for improved
103
+ performance, at the risk of data corruption in the event of a
104
+ system crash. Specifying this option is equivalent to
105
+ disabling the <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-FSYNC">fsync</a> configuration
106
+ parameter. Read the detailed documentation before using this!
107
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>hostname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
108
+ Specifies the IP host name or address on which
109
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> is to listen for TCP/IP
110
+ connections from client applications. The value can also be a
111
+ comma-separated list of addresses, or <code class="literal">*</code> to specify
112
+ listening on all available interfaces. An empty value
113
+ specifies not listening on any IP addresses, in which case
114
+ only Unix-domain sockets can be used to connect to the
115
+ server. Defaults to listening only on
116
+ <span class="systemitem">localhost</span>.
117
+ Specifying this option is equivalent to setting the <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-LISTEN-ADDRESSES">listen_addresses</a> configuration parameter.
118
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i</code></span></dt><dd><p>
119
+ Allows remote clients to connect via TCP/IP (Internet domain)
120
+ connections. Without this option, only local connections are
121
+ accepted. This option is equivalent to setting
122
+ <code class="varname">listen_addresses</code> to <code class="literal">*</code> in
123
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> or via <code class="option">-h</code>.
124
+ </p><p>
125
+ This option is deprecated since it does not allow access to the
126
+ full functionality of <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-LISTEN-ADDRESSES">listen_addresses</a>.
127
+ It's usually better to set <code class="varname">listen_addresses</code> directly.
128
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-k <em class="replaceable"><code>directory</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
129
+ Specifies the directory of the Unix-domain socket on which
130
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> is to listen for
131
+ connections from client applications. The value can also be a
132
+ comma-separated list of directories. An empty value
133
+ specifies not listening on any Unix-domain sockets, in which case
134
+ only TCP/IP sockets can be used to connect to the server.
135
+ The default value is normally
136
+ <code class="filename">/tmp</code>, but that can be changed at build time.
137
+ Specifying this option is equivalent to setting the <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-UNIX-SOCKET-DIRECTORIES">unix_socket_directories</a> configuration parameter.
138
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-l</code></span></dt><dd><p>
139
+ Enables secure connections using <acronym class="acronym">SSL</acronym>.
140
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> must have been compiled with
141
+ support for <acronym class="acronym">SSL</acronym> for this option to be
142
+ available. For more information on using <acronym class="acronym">SSL</acronym>,
143
+ refer to <a class="xref" href="ssl-tcp.html" title="19.9. Secure TCP/IP Connections with SSL">Section 19.9</a>.
144
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N <em class="replaceable"><code>max-connections</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
145
+ Sets the maximum number of client connections that this
146
+ server will accept. The default value of this parameter is chosen
147
+ automatically by <span class="application">initdb</span>.
148
+ Specifying this option is equivalent to setting the
149
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-MAX-CONNECTIONS">max_connections</a> configuration parameter.
150
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
151
+ Specifies the TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file
152
+ extension on which <code class="command">postgres</code>
153
+ is to listen for connections from client applications.
154
+ Defaults to the value of the <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> environment
155
+ variable, or if <code class="envar">PGPORT</code> is not set, then
156
+ defaults to the value established during compilation (normally
157
+ 5432). If you specify a port other than the default port,
158
+ then all client applications must specify the same port using
159
+ either command-line options or <code class="envar">PGPORT</code>.
160
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code></span></dt><dd><p>
161
+ Print time information and other statistics at the end of each command.
162
+ This is useful for benchmarking or for use in tuning the number of
163
+ buffers.
164
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>work-mem</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
165
+ Specifies the base amount of memory to be used by sorts and
166
+ hash tables before resorting to temporary disk files. See the
167
+ description of the <code class="varname">work_mem</code> configuration
168
+ parameter in <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-resource.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-MEMORY" title="20.4.1. Memory">Section 20.4.1</a>.
169
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
170
+ Print the <span class="application">postgres</span> version and exit.
171
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--<em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em>=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
172
+ Sets a named run-time parameter; a shorter form of
173
+ <code class="option">-c</code>.
174
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--describe-config</code></span></dt><dd><p>
175
+ This option dumps out the server's internal configuration variables,
176
+ descriptions, and defaults in tab-delimited <code class="command">COPY</code> format.
177
+ It is designed primarily for use by administration tools.
178
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
179
+ Show help about <span class="application">postgres</span> command line
180
+ arguments, and exit.
181
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect2" id="id-1.9.5.14.6.4"><h3>Semi-Internal Options</h3><p>
182
+ The options described here are used
183
+ mainly for debugging purposes, and in some cases to assist with
184
+ recovery of severely damaged databases. There should be no reason
185
+ to use them in a production database setup. They are listed
186
+ here only for use by <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
187
+ system developers. Furthermore, these options might
188
+ change or be removed in a future release without notice.
189
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f</code> <code class="literal">{ s | i | o | b | t | n | m | h }</code></span></dt><dd><p>
190
+ Forbids the use of particular scan and join methods:
191
+ <code class="literal">s</code> and <code class="literal">i</code>
192
+ disable sequential and index scans respectively,
193
+ <code class="literal">o</code>, <code class="literal">b</code> and <code class="literal">t</code>
194
+ disable index-only scans, bitmap index scans, and TID scans
195
+ respectively, while
196
+ <code class="literal">n</code>, <code class="literal">m</code>, and <code class="literal">h</code>
197
+ disable nested-loop, merge and hash joins respectively.
198
+ </p><p>
199
+ Neither sequential scans nor nested-loop joins can be disabled
200
+ completely; the <code class="literal">-fs</code> and
201
+ <code class="literal">-fn</code> options simply discourage the optimizer
202
+ from using those plan types if it has any other alternative.
203
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-O</code></span></dt><dd><p>
204
+ Allows the structure of system tables to be modified. This is
205
+ used by <code class="command">initdb</code>.
206
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P</code></span></dt><dd><p>
207
+ Ignore system indexes when reading system tables, but still update
208
+ the indexes when modifying the tables. This is useful when
209
+ recovering from damaged system indexes.
210
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t</code> <code class="literal">pa[rser] | pl[anner] | e[xecutor]</code></span></dt><dd><p>
211
+ Print timing statistics for each query relating to each of the
212
+ major system modules. This option cannot be used together
213
+ with the <code class="option">-s</code> option.
214
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-T</code></span></dt><dd><p>
215
+ This option is for debugging problems that cause a server
216
+ process to die abnormally. The ordinary strategy in this
217
+ situation is to notify all other server processes that they
218
+ must terminate, by sending them <span class="systemitem">SIGQUIT</span>
219
+ signals. With this option, <span class="systemitem">SIGABRT</span>
220
+ will be sent instead, resulting in production of core dump files.
221
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>protocol</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
222
+ Specifies the version number of the frontend/backend protocol
223
+ to be used for a particular session. This option is for
224
+ internal use only.
225
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>seconds</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
226
+ A delay of this many seconds occurs when a new server process
227
+ is started, after it conducts the authentication procedure.
228
+ This is intended to give an opportunity to attach to the
229
+ server process with a debugger.
230
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect2" id="id-1.9.5.14.6.5"><h3>Options for Single-User Mode</h3><a id="id-1.9.5.14.6.5.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
231
+ The following options only apply to the single-user mode
232
+ (see <a class="xref" href="app-postgres.html#APP-POSTGRES-SINGLE-USER" title="Single-User Mode">Single-User Mode</a> below).
233
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--single</code></span></dt><dd><p>
234
+ Selects the single-user mode. This must be the first argument
235
+ on the command line.
236
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>database</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
237
+ Specifies the name of the database to be accessed. This must be
238
+ the last argument on the command line. If it is
239
+ omitted it defaults to the user name.
240
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-E</code></span></dt><dd><p>
241
+ Echo all commands to standard output before executing them.
242
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-j</code></span></dt><dd><p>
243
+ Use semicolon followed by two newlines, rather than just newline,
244
+ as the command entry terminator.
245
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-r</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
246
+ Send all server log output to <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em>. This option is only
247
+ honored when supplied as a command-line option.
248
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.14.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGCLIENTENCODING</code></span></dt><dd><p>
249
+ Default character encoding used by clients. (The clients can
250
+ override this individually.) This value can also be set in the
251
+ configuration file.
252
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATA</code></span></dt><dd><p>
253
+ Default data directory location
254
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATESTYLE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
255
+ Default value of the <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-DATESTYLE">DateStyle</a> run-time
256
+ parameter. (The use of this environment variable is deprecated.)
257
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
258
+ Default port number (preferably set in the configuration file)
259
+ </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.14.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
260
+ A failure message mentioning <code class="literal">semget</code> or
261
+ <code class="literal">shmget</code> probably indicates you need to configure your
262
+ kernel to provide adequate shared memory and semaphores. For more
263
+ discussion see <a class="xref" href="kernel-resources.html" title="19.4. Managing Kernel Resources">Section 19.4</a>. You might be able
264
+ to postpone reconfiguring your kernel by decreasing <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-resource.html#GUC-SHARED-BUFFERS">shared_buffers</a> to reduce the shared memory
265
+ consumption of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>, and/or by reducing
266
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-MAX-CONNECTIONS">max_connections</a> to reduce the semaphore
267
+ consumption.
268
+ </p><p>
269
+ A failure message suggesting that another server is already running
270
+ should be checked carefully, for example by using the command
271
+ </p><pre class="screen">
272
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>ps ax | grep postgres</code></strong>
273
+ </pre><p>
274
+ or
275
+ </p><pre class="screen">
276
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>ps -ef | grep postgres</code></strong>
277
+ </pre><p>
278
+ depending on your system. If you are certain that no conflicting
279
+ server is running, you can remove the lock file mentioned in the
280
+ message and try again.
281
+ </p><p>
282
+ A failure message indicating inability to bind to a port might
283
+ indicate that that port is already in use by some
284
+ non-<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> process. You might also
285
+ get this error if you terminate <code class="command">postgres</code>
286
+ and immediately restart it using the same port; in this case, you
287
+ must simply wait a few seconds until the operating system closes
288
+ the port before trying again. Finally, you might get this error if
289
+ you specify a port number that your operating system considers to
290
+ be reserved. For example, many versions of Unix consider port
291
+ numbers under 1024 to be <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">trusted</span>”</span> and only permit
292
+ the Unix superuser to access them.
293
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.14.9"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
294
+ The utility command <a class="xref" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_ctl</span></span></a> can be used to
295
+ start and shut down the <code class="command">postgres</code> server
296
+ safely and comfortably.
297
+ </p><p>
298
+ If at all possible, <span class="emphasis"><em>do not</em></span> use
299
+ <code class="literal">SIGKILL</code> to kill the main
300
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> server. Doing so will prevent
301
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> from freeing the system
302
+ resources (e.g., shared memory and semaphores) that it holds before
303
+ terminating. This might cause problems for starting a fresh
304
+ <code class="command">postgres</code> run.
305
+ </p><p>
306
+ To terminate the <code class="command">postgres</code> server normally, the
307
+ signals <code class="literal">SIGTERM</code>, <code class="literal">SIGINT</code>, or
308
+ <code class="literal">SIGQUIT</code> can be used. The first will wait for
309
+ all clients to terminate before quitting, the second will
310
+ forcefully disconnect all clients, and the third will quit
311
+ immediately without proper shutdown, resulting in a recovery run
312
+ during restart.
313
+ </p><p>
314
+ The <code class="literal">SIGHUP</code> signal will reload
315
+ the server configuration files. It is also possible to send
316
+ <code class="literal">SIGHUP</code> to an individual server process, but that
317
+ is usually not sensible.
318
+ </p><p>
319
+ To cancel a running query, send the <code class="literal">SIGINT</code> signal
320
+ to the process running that command. To terminate a backend process
321
+ cleanly, send <code class="literal">SIGTERM</code> to that process. See
322
+ also <code class="function">pg_cancel_backend</code> and <code class="function">pg_terminate_backend</code>
323
+ in <a class="xref" href="functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-SIGNAL" title="9.27.2. Server Signaling Functions">Section 9.27.2</a> for the SQL-callable equivalents
324
+ of these two actions.
325
+ </p><p>
326
+ The <code class="command">postgres</code> server uses <code class="literal">SIGQUIT</code>
327
+ to tell subordinate server processes to terminate without normal
328
+ cleanup.
329
+ This signal <span class="emphasis"><em>should not</em></span> be used by users. It
330
+ is also unwise to send <code class="literal">SIGKILL</code> to a server
331
+ process — the main <code class="command">postgres</code> process will
332
+ interpret this as a crash and will force all the sibling processes
333
+ to quit as part of its standard crash-recovery procedure.
334
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-POSTGRES-BUGS"><h2>Bugs</h2><p>
335
+ The <code class="option">--</code> options will not work on <span class="systemitem">FreeBSD</span> or <span class="systemitem">OpenBSD</span>.
336
+ Use <code class="option">-c</code> instead. This is a bug in the affected operating
337
+ systems; a future release of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
338
+ will provide a workaround if this is not fixed.
339
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-POSTGRES-SINGLE-USER"><h2>Single-User Mode</h2><p>
340
+ To start a single-user mode server, use a command like
341
+ </p><pre class="screen">
342
+ <strong class="userinput"><code>postgres --single -D /usr/local/pgsql/data <em class="replaceable"><code>other-options</code></em> my_database</code></strong>
343
+ </pre><p>
344
+ Provide the correct path to the database directory with <code class="option">-D</code>, or
345
+ make sure that the environment variable <code class="envar">PGDATA</code> is set.
346
+ Also specify the name of the particular database you want to work in.
347
+ </p><p>
348
+ Normally, the single-user mode server treats newline as the command
349
+ entry terminator; there is no intelligence about semicolons,
350
+ as there is in <span class="application">psql</span>. To continue a command
351
+ across multiple lines, you must type backslash just before each
352
+ newline except the last one. The backslash and adjacent newline are
353
+ both dropped from the input command. Note that this will happen even
354
+ when within a string literal or comment.
355
+ </p><p>
356
+ But if you use the <code class="option">-j</code> command line switch, a single newline
357
+ does not terminate command entry; instead, the sequence
358
+ semicolon-newline-newline does. That is, type a semicolon immediately
359
+ followed by a completely empty line. Backslash-newline is not
360
+ treated specially in this mode. Again, there is no intelligence about
361
+ such a sequence appearing within a string literal or comment.
362
+ </p><p>
363
+ In either input mode, if you type a semicolon that is not just before or
364
+ part of a command entry terminator, it is considered a command separator.
365
+ When you do type a command entry terminator, the multiple statements
366
+ you've entered will be executed as a single transaction.
367
+ </p><p>
368
+ To quit the session, type <acronym class="acronym">EOF</acronym>
369
+ (<span class="keycap"><strong>Control</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span>, usually).
370
+ If you've entered any text since the last command entry terminator,
371
+ then <acronym class="acronym">EOF</acronym> will be taken as a command entry terminator,
372
+ and another <acronym class="acronym">EOF</acronym> will be needed to exit.
373
+ </p><p>
374
+ Note that the single-user mode server does not provide sophisticated
375
+ line-editing features (no command history, for example).
376
+ Single-user mode also does not do any background processing, such as
377
+ automatic checkpoints or replication.
378
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="APP-POSTGRES-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
379
+ To start <code class="command">postgres</code> in the background
380
+ using default values, type:
381
+
382
+ </p><pre class="screen">
383
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>nohup postgres &gt;logfile 2&gt;&amp;1 &lt;/dev/null &amp;</code></strong>
384
+ </pre><p>
385
+ </p><p>
386
+ To start <code class="command">postgres</code> with a specific
387
+ port, e.g., 1234:
388
+ </p><pre class="screen">
389
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>postgres -p 1234</code></strong>
390
+ </pre><p>
391
+ To connect to this server using <span class="application">psql</span>, specify this port with the -p option:
392
+ </p><pre class="screen">
393
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>psql -p 1234</code></strong>
394
+ </pre><p>
395
+ or set the environment variable <code class="envar">PGPORT</code>:
396
+ </p><pre class="screen">
397
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>export PGPORT=1234</code></strong>
398
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>psql</code></strong>
399
+ </pre><p>
400
+ </p><p>
401
+ Named run-time parameters can be set in either of these styles:
402
+ </p><pre class="screen">
403
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>postgres -c work_mem=1234</code></strong>
404
+ <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>postgres --work-mem=1234</code></strong>
405
+ </pre><p>
406
+ Either form overrides whatever setting might exist for
407
+ <code class="varname">work_mem</code> in <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>. Notice that
408
+ underscores in parameter names can be written as either underscore
409
+ or dash on the command line. Except for short-term experiments,
410
+ it's probably better practice to edit the setting in
411
+ <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code> than to rely on a command-line switch
412
+ to set a parameter.
413
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.5.14.13"><h2>See Also</h2><p>
414
+ <a class="xref" href="app-initdb.html" title="initdb"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">initdb</span></span></a>,
415
+ <a class="xref" href="app-pg-ctl.html" title="pg_ctl"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">pg_ctl</span></span></a>
416
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>reindexdb</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-psql.html" title="psql" /><link rel="next" href="app-vacuumdb.html" title="vacuumdb" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">reindexdb</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-psql.html" title="psql">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-vacuumdb.html" title="vacuumdb">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-REINDEXDB"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.21.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">reindexdb</span></span></h2><p>reindexdb — reindex a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.21.4.1"><code class="command">reindexdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]
3
+ [
4
+ <code class="option">-S</code> | <code class="option">--schema</code>
5
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em>
6
+ ]
7
+ ...
8
+ [
9
+ <code class="option">-t</code> | <code class="option">--table</code>
10
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em>
11
+ ]
12
+ ...
13
+ [
14
+ <code class="option">-i</code> | <code class="option">--index</code>
15
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>index</code></em>
16
+ ]
17
+ ... [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.21.4.2"><code class="command">reindexdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] <code class="option">-a</code> | <code class="option">--all</code> </p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.21.4.3"><code class="command">reindexdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] <code class="option">-s</code> | <code class="option">--system</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.21.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
18
+ <span class="application">reindexdb</span> is a utility for rebuilding indexes
19
+ in a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database.
20
+ </p><p>
21
+ <span class="application">reindexdb</span> is a wrapper around the SQL
22
+ command <a class="link" href="sql-reindex.html" title="REINDEX"><code class="command">REINDEX</code></a>.
23
+ There is no effective difference between reindexing databases via
24
+ this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
25
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.21.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
26
+ <span class="application">reindexdb</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
27
+
28
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--all</code></span></dt><dd><p>
29
+ Reindex all databases.
30
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--concurrently</code></span></dt><dd><p>
31
+ Use the <code class="literal">CONCURRENTLY</code> option. See
32
+ <a class="xref" href="sql-reindex.html" title="REINDEX"><span class="refentrytitle">REINDEX</span></a>, where all the caveats of this option
33
+ are explained in detail.
34
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">-d</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">--dbname=</span>]<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
35
+ Specifies the name of the database to be reindexed,
36
+ when <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is not used.
37
+ If this is not specified, the database name is read
38
+ from the environment variable <code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code>. If
39
+ that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
40
+ used. The <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>. If so,
41
+ connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
42
+ line options.
43
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
44
+ Echo the commands that <span class="application">reindexdb</span> generates
45
+ and sends to the server.
46
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>index</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--index=<em class="replaceable"><code>index</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
47
+ Recreate <em class="replaceable"><code>index</code></em> only.
48
+ Multiple indexes can be recreated by writing multiple
49
+ <code class="option">-i</code> switches.
50
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-j <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--jobs=<em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
51
+ Execute the reindex commands in parallel by running
52
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em>
53
+ commands simultaneously. This option may reduce the processing time
54
+ but it also increases the load on the database server.
55
+ </p><p>
56
+ <span class="application">reindexdb</span> will open
57
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em> connections to the
58
+ database, so make sure your <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-MAX-CONNECTIONS">max_connections</a>
59
+ setting is high enough to accommodate all connections.
60
+ </p><p>
61
+ Note that this option is incompatible with the <code class="option">--index</code>
62
+ and <code class="option">--system</code> options.
63
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ Do not display progress messages.
65
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-s</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--system</code></span></dt><dd><p>
66
+ Reindex database's system catalogs only.
67
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-S <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
68
+ Reindex <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em> only.
69
+ Multiple schemas can be reindexed by writing multiple
70
+ <code class="option">-S</code> switches.
71
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--table=<em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
72
+ Reindex <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em> only.
73
+ Multiple tables can be reindexed by writing multiple
74
+ <code class="option">-t</code> switches.
75
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--tablespace=<em class="replaceable"><code>tablespace</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
76
+ Specifies the tablespace where indexes are rebuilt. (This name is
77
+ processed as a double-quoted identifier.)
78
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
79
+ Print detailed information during processing.
80
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
81
+ Print the <span class="application">reindexdb</span> version and exit.
82
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
83
+ Show help about <span class="application">reindexdb</span> command line
84
+ arguments, and exit.
85
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
86
+
87
+ </p><p>
88
+ <span class="application">reindexdb</span> also accepts
89
+ the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
90
+
91
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
92
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is
93
+ running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the
94
+ directory for the Unix domain socket.
95
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
96
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
97
+ extension on which the server
98
+ is listening for connections.
99
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
100
+ User name to connect as.
101
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
102
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
103
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
104
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
105
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
106
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
107
+ password.
108
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
109
+ Force <span class="application">reindexdb</span> to prompt for a
110
+ password before connecting to a database.
111
+ </p><p>
112
+ This option is never essential, since
113
+ <span class="application">reindexdb</span> will automatically prompt
114
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
115
+ However, <span class="application">reindexdb</span> will waste a
116
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
117
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
118
+ connection attempt.
119
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maintenance-db=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
120
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to to discover which
121
+ databases should be reindexed,
122
+ when <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is used.
123
+ If not specified, the <code class="literal">postgres</code> database will be used,
124
+ or if that does not exist, <code class="literal">template1</code> will be used.
125
+ This can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection
126
+ string</a>. If so, connection string parameters will override any
127
+ conflicting command line options. Also, connection string parameters
128
+ other than the database name itself will be re-used when connecting
129
+ to other databases.
130
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
131
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.21.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
132
+ Default connection parameters
133
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
134
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
135
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
136
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
137
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
138
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
139
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
140
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
141
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.21.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
142
+ In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-reindex.html" title="REINDEX"><span class="refentrytitle">REINDEX</span></a>
143
+ and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
144
+ discussions of potential problems and error messages.
145
+ The database server must be running at the
146
+ targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
147
+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
148
+ library will apply.
149
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.21.9"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
150
+ <span class="application">reindexdb</span> might need to connect several
151
+ times to the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server, asking
152
+ for a password each time. It is convenient to have a
153
+ <code class="filename">~/.pgpass</code> file in such cases. See <a class="xref" href="libpq-pgpass.html" title="34.16. The Password File">Section 34.16</a> for more information.
154
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.21.10"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
155
+ To reindex the database <code class="literal">test</code>:
156
+ </p><pre class="screen">
157
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>reindexdb test</code></strong>
158
+ </pre><p>
159
+ </p><p>
160
+ To reindex the table <code class="literal">foo</code> and the index
161
+ <code class="literal">bar</code> in a database named <code class="literal">abcd</code>:
162
+ </p><pre class="screen">
163
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>reindexdb --table=foo --index=bar abcd</code></strong>
164
+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.21.11"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-reindex.html" title="REINDEX"><span class="refentrytitle">REINDEX</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-psql.html" title="psql">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-vacuumdb.html" title="vacuumdb">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">psql</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">vacuumdb</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>vacuumdb</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="app-reindexdb.html" title="reindexdb" /><link rel="next" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center"><span class="application">vacuumdb</span></th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-reindexdb.html" title="reindexdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PostgreSQL Client Applications</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="refentry" id="APP-VACUUMDB"><div class="titlepage"></div><a id="id-1.9.4.22.1" class="indexterm"></a><div class="refnamediv"><h2><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">vacuumdb</span></span></h2><p>vacuumdb — garbage-collect and analyze a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.22.4.1"><code class="command">vacuumdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]
3
+ [
4
+ <code class="option">-t</code> | <code class="option">--table</code>
5
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em>
6
+ [( <em class="replaceable"><code>column</code></em> [,...] )]
7
+ ]
8
+ ... [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.22.4.2"><code class="command">vacuumdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...]
9
+ [
10
+
11
+ [
12
+ <code class="option">-n</code> | <code class="option">--schema</code>
13
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em>
14
+ ]
15
+ |
16
+ [
17
+ <code class="option">-N</code> | <code class="option">--exclude-schema</code>
18
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em>
19
+ ]
20
+
21
+ ]
22
+ ... [<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em>]</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p id="id-1.9.4.22.4.3"><code class="command">vacuumdb</code> [<em class="replaceable"><code>connection-option</code></em>...] [<em class="replaceable"><code>option</code></em>...] <code class="option">-a</code> | <code class="option">--all</code> </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.22.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
23
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> is a utility for cleaning a
24
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database.
25
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> will also generate internal statistics
26
+ used by the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> query optimizer.
27
+ </p><p>
28
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> is a wrapper around the SQL
29
+ command <a class="link" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><code class="command">VACUUM</code></a>.
30
+ There is no effective difference between vacuuming and analyzing
31
+ databases via this utility and via other methods for accessing the
32
+ server.
33
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.22.6"><h2>Options</h2><p>
34
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> accepts the following command-line arguments:
35
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-a</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--all</code></span></dt><dd><p>
36
+ Vacuum all databases.
37
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--buffer-usage-limit <em class="replaceable"><code>size</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
38
+ Specifies the
39
+ <a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-BUFFER-ACCESS-STRATEGY"><em class="glossterm"><a class="glossterm" href="glossary.html#GLOSSARY-BUFFER-ACCESS-STRATEGY" title="Buffer Access Strategy">Buffer Access Strategy</a></em></a>
40
+ ring buffer size for a given invocation of <span class="application">vacuumdb</span>.
41
+ This size is used to calculate the number of shared buffers which will
42
+ be reused as part of this strategy. See <a class="xref" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><span class="refentrytitle">VACUUM</span></a>.
43
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">-d</span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">[<span class="optional">--dbname=</span>]<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
44
+ Specifies the name of the database to be cleaned or analyzed,
45
+ when <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is not used.
46
+ If this is not specified, the database name is read
47
+ from the environment variable <code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code>. If
48
+ that is not set, the user name specified for the connection is
49
+ used. The <em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em> can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection string</a>. If so,
50
+ connection string parameters will override any conflicting command
51
+ line options.
52
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--disable-page-skipping</code></span></dt><dd><p>
53
+ Disable skipping pages based on the contents of the visibility map.
54
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-e</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--echo</code></span></dt><dd><p>
55
+ Echo the commands that <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> generates
56
+ and sends to the server.
57
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-f</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--full</code></span></dt><dd><p>
58
+ Perform <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">full</span>”</span> vacuuming.
59
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-F</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--freeze</code></span></dt><dd><p>
60
+ Aggressively <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">freeze</span>”</span> tuples.
61
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--force-index-cleanup</code></span></dt><dd><p>
62
+ Always remove index entries pointing to dead tuples.
63
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-j <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--jobs=<em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ Execute the vacuum or analyze commands in parallel by running
65
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em>
66
+ commands simultaneously. This option may reduce the processing time
67
+ but it also increases the load on the database server.
68
+ </p><p>
69
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> will open
70
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>njobs</code></em> connections to the
71
+ database, so make sure your <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-connection.html#GUC-MAX-CONNECTIONS">max_connections</a>
72
+ setting is high enough to accommodate all connections.
73
+ </p><p>
74
+ Note that using this mode together with the <code class="option">-f</code>
75
+ (<code class="literal">FULL</code>) option might cause deadlock failures if
76
+ certain system catalogs are processed in parallel.
77
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--min-mxid-age <em class="replaceable"><code>mxid_age</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
78
+ Only execute the vacuum or analyze commands on tables with a multixact
79
+ ID age of at least <em class="replaceable"><code>mxid_age</code></em>.
80
+ This setting is useful for prioritizing tables to process to prevent
81
+ multixact ID wraparound (see
82
+ <a class="xref" href="routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-MULTIXACT-WRAPAROUND" title="25.1.5.1. Multixacts and Wraparound">Section 25.1.5.1</a>).
83
+ </p><p>
84
+ For the purposes of this option, the multixact ID age of a relation is
85
+ the greatest of the ages of the main relation and its associated
86
+ <acronym class="acronym">TOAST</acronym> table, if one exists. Since the commands
87
+ issued by <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> will also process the
88
+ <acronym class="acronym">TOAST</acronym> table for the relation if necessary, it does
89
+ not need to be considered separately.
90
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--min-xid-age <em class="replaceable"><code>xid_age</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
91
+ Only execute the vacuum or analyze commands on tables with a
92
+ transaction ID age of at least
93
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>xid_age</code></em>. This setting
94
+ is useful for prioritizing tables to process to prevent transaction
95
+ ID wraparound (see <a class="xref" href="routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-WRAPAROUND" title="25.1.5. Preventing Transaction ID Wraparound Failures">Section 25.1.5</a>).
96
+ </p><p>
97
+ For the purposes of this option, the transaction ID age of a relation
98
+ is the greatest of the ages of the main relation and its associated
99
+ <acronym class="acronym">TOAST</acronym> table, if one exists. Since the commands
100
+ issued by <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> will also process the
101
+ <acronym class="acronym">TOAST</acronym> table for the relation if necessary, it does
102
+ not need to be considered separately.
103
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-n <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
104
+ Clean or analyze all tables in
105
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em> only. Multiple
106
+ schemas can be vacuumed by writing multiple <code class="option">-n</code> switches.
107
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-N <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--exclude-schema=<em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
108
+ Do not clean or analyze any tables in
109
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>schema</code></em>. Multiple schemas
110
+ can be excluded by writing multiple <code class="option">-N</code> switches.
111
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-index-cleanup</code></span></dt><dd><p>
112
+ Do not remove index entries pointing to dead tuples.
113
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-process-main</code></span></dt><dd><p>
114
+ Skip the main relation.
115
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-process-toast</code></span></dt><dd><p>
116
+ Skip the TOAST table associated with the table to vacuum, if any.
117
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-truncate</code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Do not truncate empty pages at the end of the table.
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+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-P <em class="replaceable"><code>parallel_workers</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--parallel=<em class="replaceable"><code>parallel_workers</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Specify the number of parallel workers for <em class="firstterm">parallel vacuum</em>.
121
+ This allows the vacuum to leverage multiple CPUs to process indexes.
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+ See <a class="xref" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><span class="refentrytitle">VACUUM</span></a>.
123
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-q</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--quiet</code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Do not display progress messages.
125
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--skip-locked</code></span></dt><dd><p>
126
+ Skip relations that cannot be immediately locked for processing.
127
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-t <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em> [ (<em class="replaceable"><code>column</code></em> [,...]) ]</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--table=<em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em> [ (<em class="replaceable"><code>column</code></em> [,...]) ]</code></span></dt><dd><p>
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+ Clean or analyze <em class="replaceable"><code>table</code></em> only.
129
+ Column names can be specified only in conjunction with
130
+ the <code class="option">--analyze</code> or <code class="option">--analyze-only</code> options.
131
+ Multiple tables can be vacuumed by writing multiple
132
+ <code class="option">-t</code> switches.
133
+ </p><div class="tip"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>
134
+ If you specify columns, you probably have to escape the parentheses
135
+ from the shell. (See examples below.)
136
+ </p></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-v</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--verbose</code></span></dt><dd><p>
137
+ Print detailed information during processing.
138
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-V</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd><p>
139
+ Print the <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> version and exit.
140
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-z</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--analyze</code></span></dt><dd><p>
141
+ Also calculate statistics for use by the optimizer.
142
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-Z</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--analyze-only</code></span></dt><dd><p>
143
+ Only calculate statistics for use by the optimizer (no vacuum).
144
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--analyze-in-stages</code></span></dt><dd><p>
145
+ Only calculate statistics for use by the optimizer (no vacuum),
146
+ like <code class="option">--analyze-only</code>. Run three
147
+ stages of analyze; the first stage uses the lowest possible statistics
148
+ target (see <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-query.html#GUC-DEFAULT-STATISTICS-TARGET">default_statistics_target</a>)
149
+ to produce usable statistics faster, and subsequent stages build the
150
+ full statistics.
151
+ </p><p>
152
+ This option is only useful to analyze a database that currently has
153
+ no statistics or has wholly incorrect ones, such as if it is newly
154
+ populated from a restored dump or by <code class="command">pg_upgrade</code>.
155
+ Be aware that running with this option in a database with existing
156
+ statistics may cause the query optimizer choices to become
157
+ transiently worse due to the low statistics targets of the early
158
+ stages.
159
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-?</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd><p>
160
+ Show help about <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> command line
161
+ arguments, and exit.
162
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
163
+ </p><p>
164
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> also accepts
165
+ the following command-line arguments for connection parameters:
166
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h <em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--host=<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
167
+ Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server
168
+ is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
169
+ as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
170
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--port=<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
171
+ Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
172
+ extension on which the server
173
+ is listening for connections.
174
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-U <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--username=<em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
175
+ User name to connect as.
176
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-w</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--no-password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
177
+ Never issue a password prompt. If the server requires
178
+ password authentication and a password is not available by
179
+ other means such as a <code class="filename">.pgpass</code> file, the
180
+ connection attempt will fail. This option can be useful in
181
+ batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a
182
+ password.
183
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-W</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="option">--password</code></span></dt><dd><p>
184
+ Force <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> to prompt for a
185
+ password before connecting to a database.
186
+ </p><p>
187
+ This option is never essential, since
188
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> will automatically prompt
189
+ for a password if the server demands password authentication.
190
+ However, <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> will waste a
191
+ connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password.
192
+ In some cases it is worth typing <code class="option">-W</code> to avoid the extra
193
+ connection attempt.
194
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--maintenance-db=<em class="replaceable"><code>dbname</code></em></code></span></dt><dd><p>
195
+ Specifies the name of the database to connect to to discover which
196
+ databases should be vacuumed,
197
+ when <code class="option">-a</code>/<code class="option">--all</code> is used.
198
+ If not specified, the <code class="literal">postgres</code> database will be used,
199
+ or if that does not exist, <code class="literal">template1</code> will be used.
200
+ This can be a <a class="link" href="libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING" title="34.1.1. Connection Strings">connection
201
+ string</a>. If so, connection string parameters will override any
202
+ conflicting command line options. Also, connection string parameters
203
+ other than the database name itself will be re-used when connecting
204
+ to other databases.
205
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
206
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.22.7"><h2>Environment</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGDATABASE</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGHOST</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGPORT</code><br /></span><span class="term"><code class="envar">PGUSER</code></span></dt><dd><p>
207
+ Default connection parameters
208
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="envar">PG_COLOR</code></span></dt><dd><p>
209
+ Specifies whether to use color in diagnostic messages. Possible values
210
+ are <code class="literal">always</code>, <code class="literal">auto</code> and
211
+ <code class="literal">never</code>.
212
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
213
+ This utility, like most other <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> utilities,
214
+ also uses the environment variables supported by <span class="application">libpq</span>
215
+ (see <a class="xref" href="libpq-envars.html" title="34.15. Environment Variables">Section 34.15</a>).
216
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.22.8"><h2>Diagnostics</h2><p>
217
+ In case of difficulty, see <a class="xref" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><span class="refentrytitle">VACUUM</span></a>
218
+ and <a class="xref" href="app-psql.html" title="psql"><span class="refentrytitle"><span class="application">psql</span></span></a> for
219
+ discussions of potential problems and error messages.
220
+ The database server must be running at the
221
+ targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
222
+ variables used by the <span class="application">libpq</span> front-end
223
+ library will apply.
224
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.22.9"><h2>Notes</h2><p>
225
+ <span class="application">vacuumdb</span> might need to connect several
226
+ times to the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server, asking
227
+ for a password each time. It is convenient to have a
228
+ <code class="filename">~/.pgpass</code> file in such cases. See <a class="xref" href="libpq-pgpass.html" title="34.16. The Password File">Section 34.16</a> for more information.
229
+ </p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.22.10"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
230
+ To clean the database <code class="literal">test</code>:
231
+ </p><pre class="screen">
232
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>vacuumdb test</code></strong>
233
+ </pre><p>
234
+ </p><p>
235
+ To clean and analyze for the optimizer a database named
236
+ <code class="literal">bigdb</code>:
237
+ </p><pre class="screen">
238
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>vacuumdb --analyze bigdb</code></strong>
239
+ </pre><p>
240
+ </p><p>
241
+ To clean a single table
242
+ <code class="literal">foo</code> in a database named
243
+ <code class="literal">xyzzy</code>, and analyze a single column
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+ <code class="literal">bar</code> of the table for the optimizer:
245
+ </p><pre class="screen">
246
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>vacuumdb --analyze --verbose --table='foo(bar)' xyzzy</code></strong>
247
+ </pre><p>
248
+ To clean all tables in the <code class="literal">foo</code> and <code class="literal">bar</code> schemas
249
+ in a database named <code class="literal">xyzzy</code>:
250
+ </p><pre class="screen">
251
+ <code class="prompt">$ </code><strong class="userinput"><code>vacuumdb --schema='foo' --schema='bar' xyzzy</code></strong>
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+ </pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.4.22.11"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-vacuum.html" title="VACUUM"><span class="refentrytitle">VACUUM</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="app-reindexdb.html" title="reindexdb">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference-client.html" title="PostgreSQL Client Applications">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reference-server.html" title="PostgreSQL Server Applications">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="application">reindexdb</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> PostgreSQL Server Applications</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ Functionality is sometimes removed from PostgreSQL, feature, setting
4
+ and file names sometimes change, or documentation moves to different
5
+ places. This section directs users coming from old versions of the
6
+ documentation or from external links to the appropriate new location
7
+ for the information they need.
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+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="color-which.html" title="N.2. Configuring the Colors">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="appendixes.html" title="Part VIII. Appendixes">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="recovery-config.html" title="O.1. recovery.conf file merged into postgresql.conf">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">N.2. Configuring the Colors </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> O.1. <code class="filename">recovery.conf</code> file merged into <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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Date/Time Support</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="datetime-input-rules.html">B.1. Date/Time Input Interpretation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="datetime-invalid-input.html">B.2. Handling of Invalid or Ambiguous Timestamps</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="datetime-keywords.html">B.3. Date/Time Key Words</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="datetime-config-files.html">B.4. Date/Time Configuration Files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="datetime-posix-timezone-specs.html">B.5. <acronym class="acronym">POSIX</acronym> Time Zone Specifications</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="datetime-units-history.html">B.6. History of Units</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="datetime-julian-dates.html">B.7. Julian Dates</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="sql-keywords-appendix.html">C. <acronym class="acronym">SQL</acronym> Key Words</a></span></dt><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="features.html">D. SQL Conformance</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="features-sql-standard.html">D.1. Supported Features</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="unsupported-features-sql-standard.html">D.2. Unsupported Features</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="xml-limits-conformance.html">D.3. XML Limits and Conformance to SQL/XML</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="release.html">E. Release Notes</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="release-16-3.html">E.1. Release 16.3</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="release-16-2.html">E.2. Release 16.2</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="release-16-1.html">E.3. Release 16.1</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="release-16.html">E.4. Release 16</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="release-prior.html">E.5. Prior Releases</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="contrib.html">F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="adminpack.html">F.1. adminpack — pgAdmin support toolpack</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="amcheck.html">F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auth-delay.html">F.3. auth_delay — pause on authentication failure</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="auto-explain.html">F.4. auto_explain — log execution plans of slow queries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="basebackup-to-shell.html">F.5. basebackup_to_shell — example "shell" pg_basebackup module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="basic-archive.html">F.6. basic_archive — an example WAL archive module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="bloom.html">F.7. bloom — bloom filter index access method</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="btree-gin.html">F.8. btree_gin — GIN operator classes with B-tree behavior</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="btree-gist.html">F.9. btree_gist — GiST operator classes with B-tree behavior</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="citext.html">F.10. citext — a case-insensitive character string type</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cube.html">F.11. cube — a multi-dimensional cube data type</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="dblink.html">F.12. dblink — connect to other PostgreSQL databases</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="dict-int.html">F.13. dict_int —
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+ example full-text search dictionary for integers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="dict-xsyn.html">F.14. dict_xsyn — example synonym full-text search dictionary</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="earthdistance.html">F.15. earthdistance — calculate great-circle distances</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="file-fdw.html">F.16. file_fdw — access data files in the server's file system</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="fuzzystrmatch.html">F.17. fuzzystrmatch — determine string similarities and distance</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="hstore.html">F.18. hstore — hstore key/value datatype</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intagg.html">F.19. intagg — integer aggregator and enumerator</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intarray.html">F.20. intarray — manipulate arrays of integers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="isn.html">F.21. isn — data types for international standard numbers (ISBN, EAN, UPC, etc.)</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="lo.html">F.22. lo — manage large objects</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ltree.html">F.23. ltree — hierarchical tree-like data type</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="oldsnapshot.html">F.24. old_snapshot — inspect <code class="literal">old_snapshot_threshold</code> state</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pageinspect.html">F.25. pageinspect — low-level inspection of database pages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="passwordcheck.html">F.26. passwordcheck — verify password strength</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgbuffercache.html">F.27. pg_buffercache — inspect <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
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+ buffer cache state</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgcrypto.html">F.28. pgcrypto — cryptographic functions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgfreespacemap.html">F.29. pg_freespacemap — examine the free space map</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgprewarm.html">F.30. pg_prewarm — preload relation data into buffer caches</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgrowlocks.html">F.31. pgrowlocks — show a table's row locking information</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgstatstatements.html">F.32. pg_stat_statements — track statistics of SQL planning and execution</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgstattuple.html">F.33. pgstattuple — obtain tuple-level statistics</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgsurgery.html">F.34. pg_surgery — perform low-level surgery on relation data</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgtrgm.html">F.35. pg_trgm —
5
+ support for similarity of text using trigram matching</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgvisibility.html">F.36. pg_visibility — visibility map information and utilities</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgwalinspect.html">F.37. pg_walinspect — low-level WAL inspection</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="postgres-fdw.html">F.38. postgres_fdw —
6
+ access data stored in external <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>
7
+ servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="seg.html">F.39. seg — a datatype for line segments or floating point intervals</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="sepgsql.html">F.40. sepgsql —
8
+ SELinux-, label-based mandatory access control (MAC) security module</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="contrib-spi.html">F.41. spi — Server Programming Interface features/examples</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="sslinfo.html">F.42. sslinfo — obtain client SSL information</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="tablefunc.html">F.43. tablefunc — functions that return tables (<code class="function">crosstab</code> and others)</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="tcn.html">F.44. tcn — a trigger function to notify listeners of changes to table content</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="test-decoding.html">F.45. test_decoding — SQL-based test/example module for WAL logical decoding</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="tsm-system-rows.html">F.46. tsm_system_rows —
9
+ the <code class="literal">SYSTEM_ROWS</code> sampling method for <code class="literal">TABLESAMPLE</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="tsm-system-time.html">F.47. tsm_system_time —
10
+ the <code class="literal">SYSTEM_TIME</code> sampling method for <code class="literal">TABLESAMPLE</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="unaccent.html">F.48. unaccent — a text search dictionary which removes diacritics</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="uuid-ossp.html">F.49. uuid-ossp — a UUID generator</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="xml2.html">F.50. xml2 — XPath querying and XSLT functionality</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="contrib-prog.html">G. Additional Supplied Programs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="contrib-prog-client.html">G.1. Client Applications</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="contrib-prog-server.html">G.2. Server Applications</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="external-projects.html">H. External Projects</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="external-interfaces.html">H.1. Client Interfaces</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="external-admin-tools.html">H.2. Administration Tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="external-pl.html">H.3. Procedural Languages</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="external-extensions.html">H.4. Extensions</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="sourcerepo.html">I. The Source Code Repository</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="git.html">I.1. Getting the Source via <span class="productname">Git</span></a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="docguide.html">J. Documentation</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="docguide-docbook.html">J.1. DocBook</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="docguide-toolsets.html">J.2. Tool Sets</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="docguide-build.html">J.3. Building the Documentation with Make</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="docguide-build-meson.html">J.4. Building the Documentation with Meson</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="docguide-authoring.html">J.5. Documentation Authoring</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="docguide-style.html">J.6. Style Guide</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="limits.html">K. <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> Limits</a></span></dt><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="acronyms.html">L. Acronyms</a></span></dt><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="glossary.html">M. Glossary</a></span></dt><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="color.html">N. Color Support</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="color-when.html">N.1. When Color is Used</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="color-which.html">N.2. Configuring the Colors</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="appendix"><a href="appendix-obsolete.html">O. Obsolete or Renamed Features</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="recovery-config.html">O.1. <code class="filename">recovery.conf</code> file merged into <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="default-roles.html">O.2. Default Roles Renamed to Predefined Roles</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="pgxlogdump.html">O.3. <code class="command">pg_xlogdump</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_waldump</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="app-pgresetxlog.html">O.4. <code class="command">pg_resetxlog</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_resetwal</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="app-pgreceivexlog.html">O.5. <code class="command">pg_receivexlog</code> renamed to <code class="command">pg_receivewal</code></a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="backup-manifest-wal-ranges.html" title="77.3. Backup Manifest WAL Range Object">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="errcodes-appendix.html" title="Appendix A. PostgreSQL Error Codes">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">77.3. Backup Manifest WAL Range Object </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Appendix A. <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> Error Codes</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>13.4. Data Consistency Checks at the Application Level</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="explicit-locking.html" title="13.3. Explicit Locking" /><link rel="next" href="mvcc-serialization-failure-handling.html" title="13.5. Serialization Failure Handling" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">13.4. Data Consistency Checks at the Application Level</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="explicit-locking.html" title="13.3. Explicit Locking">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="mvcc.html" title="Chapter 13. Concurrency Control">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 13. Concurrency Control</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mvcc-serialization-failure-handling.html" title="13.5. Serialization Failure Handling">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="APPLEVEL-CONSISTENCY"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">13.4. Data Consistency Checks at the Application Level <a href="#APPLEVEL-CONSISTENCY" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="applevel-consistency.html#SERIALIZABLE-CONSISTENCY">13.4.1. Enforcing Consistency with Serializable Transactions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="applevel-consistency.html#NON-SERIALIZABLE-CONSISTENCY">13.4.2. Enforcing Consistency with Explicit Blocking Locks</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
3
+ It is very difficult to enforce business rules regarding data integrity
4
+ using Read Committed transactions because the view of the data is
5
+ shifting with each statement, and even a single statement may not
6
+ restrict itself to the statement's snapshot if a write conflict occurs.
7
+ </p><p>
8
+ While a Repeatable Read transaction has a stable view of the data
9
+ throughout its execution, there is a subtle issue with using
10
+ <acronym class="acronym">MVCC</acronym> snapshots for data consistency checks, involving
11
+ something known as <em class="firstterm">read/write conflicts</em>.
12
+ If one transaction writes data and a concurrent transaction attempts
13
+ to read the same data (whether before or after the write), it cannot
14
+ see the work of the other transaction. The reader then appears to have
15
+ executed first regardless of which started first or which committed
16
+ first. If that is as far as it goes, there is no problem, but
17
+ if the reader also writes data which is read by a concurrent transaction
18
+ there is now a transaction which appears to have run before either of
19
+ the previously mentioned transactions. If the transaction which appears
20
+ to have executed last actually commits first, it is very easy for a
21
+ cycle to appear in a graph of the order of execution of the transactions.
22
+ When such a cycle appears, integrity checks will not work correctly
23
+ without some help.
24
+ </p><p>
25
+ As mentioned in <a class="xref" href="transaction-iso.html#XACT-SERIALIZABLE" title="13.2.3. Serializable Isolation Level">Section 13.2.3</a>, Serializable
26
+ transactions are just Repeatable Read transactions which add
27
+ nonblocking monitoring for dangerous patterns of read/write conflicts.
28
+ When a pattern is detected which could cause a cycle in the apparent
29
+ order of execution, one of the transactions involved is rolled back to
30
+ break the cycle.
31
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="SERIALIZABLE-CONSISTENCY"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">13.4.1. Enforcing Consistency with Serializable Transactions <a href="#SERIALIZABLE-CONSISTENCY" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
32
+ If the Serializable transaction isolation level is used for all writes
33
+ and for all reads which need a consistent view of the data, no other
34
+ effort is required to ensure consistency. Software from other
35
+ environments which is written to use serializable transactions to
36
+ ensure consistency should <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">just work</span>”</span> in this regard in
37
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>.
38
+ </p><p>
39
+ When using this technique, it will avoid creating an unnecessary burden
40
+ for application programmers if the application software goes through a
41
+ framework which automatically retries transactions which are rolled
42
+ back with a serialization failure. It may be a good idea to set
43
+ <code class="literal">default_transaction_isolation</code> to <code class="literal">serializable</code>.
44
+ It would also be wise to take some action to ensure that no other
45
+ transaction isolation level is used, either inadvertently or to
46
+ subvert integrity checks, through checks of the transaction isolation
47
+ level in triggers.
48
+ </p><p>
49
+ See <a class="xref" href="transaction-iso.html#XACT-SERIALIZABLE" title="13.2.3. Serializable Isolation Level">Section 13.2.3</a> for performance suggestions.
50
+ </p><div class="warning"><h3 class="title">Warning: Serializable Transactions and Data Replication</h3><p>
51
+ This level of integrity protection using Serializable transactions
52
+ does not yet extend to hot standby mode (<a class="xref" href="hot-standby.html" title="27.4. Hot Standby">Section 27.4</a>)
53
+ or logical replicas.
54
+ Because of that, those using hot standby or logical replication
55
+ may want to use Repeatable Read and explicit locking on the primary.
56
+ </p></div></div><div class="sect2" id="NON-SERIALIZABLE-CONSISTENCY"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">13.4.2. Enforcing Consistency with Explicit Blocking Locks <a href="#NON-SERIALIZABLE-CONSISTENCY" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
57
+ When non-serializable writes are possible,
58
+ to ensure the current validity of a row and protect it against
59
+ concurrent updates one must use <code class="command">SELECT FOR UPDATE</code>,
60
+ <code class="command">SELECT FOR SHARE</code>, or an appropriate <code class="command">LOCK
61
+ TABLE</code> statement. (<code class="command">SELECT FOR UPDATE</code>
62
+ and <code class="command">SELECT FOR SHARE</code> lock just the
63
+ returned rows against concurrent updates, while <code class="command">LOCK
64
+ TABLE</code> locks the whole table.) This should be taken into
65
+ account when porting applications to
66
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> from other environments.
67
+ </p><p>
68
+ Also of note to those converting from other environments is the fact
69
+ that <code class="command">SELECT FOR UPDATE</code> does not ensure that a
70
+ concurrent transaction will not update or delete a selected row.
71
+ To do that in <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> you must actually
72
+ update the row, even if no values need to be changed.
73
+ <code class="command">SELECT FOR UPDATE</code> <span class="emphasis"><em>temporarily blocks</em></span>
74
+ other transactions from acquiring the same lock or executing an
75
+ <code class="command">UPDATE</code> or <code class="command">DELETE</code> which would
76
+ affect the locked row, but once the transaction holding this lock
77
+ commits or rolls back, a blocked transaction will proceed with the
78
+ conflicting operation unless an actual <code class="command">UPDATE</code> of
79
+ the row was performed while the lock was held.
80
+ </p><p>
81
+ Global validity checks require extra thought under
82
+ non-serializable <acronym class="acronym">MVCC</acronym>.
83
+ For example, a banking application might wish to check that the sum of
84
+ all credits in one table equals the sum of debits in another table,
85
+ when both tables are being actively updated. Comparing the results of two
86
+ successive <code class="literal">SELECT sum(...)</code> commands will not work reliably in
87
+ Read Committed mode, since the second query will likely include the results
88
+ of transactions not counted by the first. Doing the two sums in a
89
+ single repeatable read transaction will give an accurate picture of only the
90
+ effects of transactions that committed before the repeatable read transaction
91
+ started — but one might legitimately wonder whether the answer is still
92
+ relevant by the time it is delivered. If the repeatable read transaction
93
+ itself applied some changes before trying to make the consistency check,
94
+ the usefulness of the check becomes even more debatable, since now it
95
+ includes some but not all post-transaction-start changes. In such cases
96
+ a careful person might wish to lock all tables needed for the check,
97
+ in order to get an indisputable picture of current reality. A
98
+ <code class="literal">SHARE</code> mode (or higher) lock guarantees that there are no
99
+ uncommitted changes in the locked table, other than those of the current
100
+ transaction.
101
+ </p><p>
102
+ Note also that if one is relying on explicit locking to prevent concurrent
103
+ changes, one should either use Read Committed mode, or in Repeatable Read
104
+ mode be careful to obtain
105
+ locks before performing queries. A lock obtained by a
106
+ repeatable read transaction guarantees that no other transactions modifying
107
+ the table are still running, but if the snapshot seen by the
108
+ transaction predates obtaining the lock, it might predate some now-committed
109
+ changes in the table. A repeatable read transaction's snapshot is actually
110
+ frozen at the start of its first query or data-modification command
111
+ (<code class="literal">SELECT</code>, <code class="literal">INSERT</code>,
112
+ <code class="literal">UPDATE</code>, <code class="literal">DELETE</code>, or
113
+ <code class="literal">MERGE</code>), so it is possible to obtain locks explicitly
114
+ before the snapshot is frozen.
115
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="explicit-locking.html" title="13.3. Explicit Locking">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="mvcc.html" title="Chapter 13. Concurrency Control">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mvcc-serialization-failure-handling.html" title="13.5. Serialization Failure Handling">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">13.3. Explicit Locking </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 13.5. Serialization Failure Handling</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>51.2. Archive Module Callbacks</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="archive-module-init.html" title="51.1. Initialization Functions" /><link rel="next" href="reference.html" title="Part VI. Reference" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">51.2. Archive Module Callbacks</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="archive-module-init.html" title="51.1. Initialization Functions">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="archive-modules.html" title="Chapter 51. Archive Modules">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 51. Archive Modules</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reference.html" title="Part VI. Reference">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="ARCHIVE-MODULE-CALLBACKS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">51.2. Archive Module Callbacks <a href="#ARCHIVE-MODULE-CALLBACKS" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="archive-module-callbacks.html#ARCHIVE-MODULE-STARTUP">51.2.1. Startup Callback</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="archive-module-callbacks.html#ARCHIVE-MODULE-CHECK">51.2.2. Check Callback</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="archive-module-callbacks.html#ARCHIVE-MODULE-ARCHIVE">51.2.3. Archive Callback</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="archive-module-callbacks.html#ARCHIVE-MODULE-SHUTDOWN">51.2.4. Shutdown Callback</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
3
+ The archive callbacks define the actual archiving behavior of the module.
4
+ The server will call them as required to process each individual WAL file.
5
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="ARCHIVE-MODULE-STARTUP"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">51.2.1. Startup Callback <a href="#ARCHIVE-MODULE-STARTUP" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
6
+ The <code class="function">startup_cb</code> callback is called shortly after the
7
+ module is loaded. This callback can be used to perform any additional
8
+ initialization required. If the archive module has any state, it can use
9
+ <code class="structfield">state-&gt;private_data</code> to store it.
10
+
11
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
12
+ typedef void (*ArchiveStartupCB) (ArchiveModuleState *state);
13
+ </pre><p>
14
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ARCHIVE-MODULE-CHECK"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">51.2.2. Check Callback <a href="#ARCHIVE-MODULE-CHECK" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
15
+ The <code class="function">check_configured_cb</code> callback is called to determine
16
+ whether the module is fully configured and ready to accept WAL files (e.g.,
17
+ its configuration parameters are set to valid values). If no
18
+ <code class="function">check_configured_cb</code> is defined, the server always
19
+ assumes the module is configured.
20
+
21
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
22
+ typedef bool (*ArchiveCheckConfiguredCB) (ArchiveModuleState *state);
23
+ </pre><p>
24
+
25
+ If <code class="literal">true</code> is returned, the server will proceed with
26
+ archiving the file by calling the <code class="function">archive_file_cb</code>
27
+ callback. If <code class="literal">false</code> is returned, archiving will not
28
+ proceed, and the archiver will emit the following message to the server log:
29
+ </p><pre class="screen">
30
+ WARNING: archive_mode enabled, yet archiving is not configured
31
+ </pre><p>
32
+ In the latter case, the server will periodically call this function, and
33
+ archiving will proceed only when it returns <code class="literal">true</code>.
34
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ARCHIVE-MODULE-ARCHIVE"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">51.2.3. Archive Callback <a href="#ARCHIVE-MODULE-ARCHIVE" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
35
+ The <code class="function">archive_file_cb</code> callback is called to archive a
36
+ single WAL file.
37
+
38
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
39
+ typedef bool (*ArchiveFileCB) (ArchiveModuleState *state, const char *file, const char *path);
40
+ </pre><p>
41
+
42
+ If <code class="literal">true</code> is returned, the server proceeds as if the file
43
+ was successfully archived, which may include recycling or removing the
44
+ original WAL file. If <code class="literal">false</code> is returned, the server will
45
+ keep the original WAL file and retry archiving later.
46
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>file</code></em> will contain just the file name of the WAL
47
+ file to archive, while <em class="replaceable"><code>path</code></em> contains the full
48
+ path of the WAL file (including the file name).
49
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ARCHIVE-MODULE-SHUTDOWN"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">51.2.4. Shutdown Callback <a href="#ARCHIVE-MODULE-SHUTDOWN" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
50
+ The <code class="function">shutdown_cb</code> callback is called when the archiver
51
+ process exits (e.g., after an error) or the value of
52
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-LIBRARY">archive_library</a> changes. If no
53
+ <code class="function">shutdown_cb</code> is defined, no special action is taken in
54
+ these situations. If the archive module has any state, this callback should
55
+ free it to avoid leaks.
56
+
57
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
58
+ typedef void (*ArchiveShutdownCB) (ArchiveModuleState *state);
59
+ </pre><p>
60
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="archive-module-init.html" title="51.1. Initialization Functions">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="archive-modules.html" title="Chapter 51. Archive Modules">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reference.html" title="Part VI. Reference">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">51.1. Initialization Functions </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Part VI. Reference</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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3
+ An archive library is loaded by dynamically loading a shared library with the
4
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-LIBRARY">archive_library</a>'s name as the library base name. The
5
+ normal library search path is used to locate the library. To provide the
6
+ required archive module callbacks and to indicate that the library is
7
+ actually an archive module, it needs to provide a function named
8
+ <code class="function">_PG_archive_module_init</code>. The result of the function
9
+ must be a pointer to a struct of type
10
+ <code class="structname">ArchiveModuleCallbacks</code>, which contains everything
11
+ that the core code needs to know to make use of the archive module. The
12
+ return value needs to be of server lifetime, which is typically achieved by
13
+ defining it as a <code class="literal">static const</code> variable in global scope.
14
+
15
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
16
+ typedef struct ArchiveModuleCallbacks
17
+ {
18
+ ArchiveStartupCB startup_cb;
19
+ ArchiveCheckConfiguredCB check_configured_cb;
20
+ ArchiveFileCB archive_file_cb;
21
+ ArchiveShutdownCB shutdown_cb;
22
+ } ArchiveModuleCallbacks;
23
+ typedef const ArchiveModuleCallbacks *(*ArchiveModuleInit) (void);
24
+ </pre><p>
25
+
26
+ Only the <code class="function">archive_file_cb</code> callback is required. The
27
+ others are optional.
28
+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="archive-modules.html" title="Chapter 51. Archive Modules">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="archive-modules.html" title="Chapter 51. Archive Modules">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="archive-module-callbacks.html" title="51.2. Archive Module Callbacks">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 51. Archive Modules </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 51.2. Archive Module Callbacks</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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3
+ PostgreSQL provides infrastructure to create custom modules for continuous
4
+ archiving (see <a class="xref" href="continuous-archiving.html" title="26.3. Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)">Section 26.3</a>). While archiving via
5
+ a shell command (i.e., <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-COMMAND">archive_command</a>) is much
6
+ simpler, a custom archive module will often be considerably more robust and
7
+ performant.
8
+ </p><p>
9
+ When a custom <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-ARCHIVE-LIBRARY">archive_library</a> is configured, PostgreSQL
10
+ will submit completed WAL files to the module, and the server will avoid
11
+ recycling or removing these WAL files until the module indicates that the files
12
+ were successfully archived. It is ultimately up to the module to decide what
13
+ to do with each WAL file, but many recommendations are listed at
14
+ <a class="xref" href="continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-ARCHIVING-WAL" title="26.3.1. Setting Up WAL Archiving">Section 26.3.1</a>.
15
+ </p><p>
16
+ Archiving modules must at least consist of an initialization function (see
17
+ <a class="xref" href="archive-module-init.html" title="51.1. Initialization Functions">Section 51.1</a>) and the required callbacks (see
18
+ <a class="xref" href="archive-module-callbacks.html" title="51.2. Archive Module Callbacks">Section 51.2</a>). However, archive modules are
19
+ also permitted to do much more (e.g., declare GUCs and register background
20
+ workers).
21
+ </p><p>
22
+ The <code class="filename">contrib/basic_archive</code> module contains a working
23
+ example, which demonstrates some useful techniques.
24
+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="replication-origins.html" title="Chapter 50. Replication Progress Tracking">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="server-programming.html" title="Part V. Server Programming">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="archive-module-init.html" title="51.1. Initialization Functions">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 50. Replication Progress Tracking </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 51.1. Initialization Functions</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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3
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> allows columns of a table to be
4
+ defined as variable-length multidimensional arrays. Arrays of any
5
+ built-in or user-defined base type, enum type, composite type, range type,
6
+ or domain can be created.
7
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="ARRAYS-DECLARATION"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">8.15.1. Declaration of Array Types <a href="#ARRAYS-DECLARATION" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.5.7.23.4.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
8
+ To illustrate the use of array types, we create this table:
9
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
10
+ CREATE TABLE sal_emp (
11
+ name text,
12
+ pay_by_quarter integer[],
13
+ schedule text[][]
14
+ );
15
+ </pre><p>
16
+ As shown, an array data type is named by appending square brackets
17
+ (<code class="literal">[]</code>) to the data type name of the array elements. The
18
+ above command will create a table named
19
+ <code class="structname">sal_emp</code> with a column of type
20
+ <code class="type">text</code> (<code class="structfield">name</code>), a
21
+ one-dimensional array of type <code class="type">integer</code>
22
+ (<code class="structfield">pay_by_quarter</code>), which represents the
23
+ employee's salary by quarter, and a two-dimensional array of
24
+ <code class="type">text</code> (<code class="structfield">schedule</code>), which
25
+ represents the employee's weekly schedule.
26
+ </p><p>
27
+ The syntax for <code class="command">CREATE TABLE</code> allows the exact size of
28
+ arrays to be specified, for example:
29
+
30
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
31
+ CREATE TABLE tictactoe (
32
+ squares integer[3][3]
33
+ );
34
+ </pre><p>
35
+
36
+ However, the current implementation ignores any supplied array size
37
+ limits, i.e., the behavior is the same as for arrays of unspecified
38
+ length.
39
+ </p><p>
40
+ The current implementation does not enforce the declared
41
+ number of dimensions either. Arrays of a particular element type are
42
+ all considered to be of the same type, regardless of size or number
43
+ of dimensions. So, declaring the array size or number of dimensions in
44
+ <code class="command">CREATE TABLE</code> is simply documentation; it does not
45
+ affect run-time behavior.
46
+ </p><p>
47
+ An alternative syntax, which conforms to the SQL standard by using
48
+ the keyword <code class="literal">ARRAY</code>, can be used for one-dimensional arrays.
49
+ <code class="structfield">pay_by_quarter</code> could have been defined
50
+ as:
51
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
52
+ pay_by_quarter integer ARRAY[4],
53
+ </pre><p>
54
+ Or, if no array size is to be specified:
55
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
56
+ pay_by_quarter integer ARRAY,
57
+ </pre><p>
58
+ As before, however, <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> does not enforce the
59
+ size restriction in any case.
60
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ARRAYS-INPUT"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">8.15.2. Array Value Input <a href="#ARRAYS-INPUT" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.5.7.23.5.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
61
+ To write an array value as a literal constant, enclose the element
62
+ values within curly braces and separate them by commas. (If you
63
+ know C, this is not unlike the C syntax for initializing
64
+ structures.) You can put double quotes around any element value,
65
+ and must do so if it contains commas or curly braces. (More
66
+ details appear below.) Thus, the general format of an array
67
+ constant is the following:
68
+ </p><pre class="synopsis">
69
+ '{ <em class="replaceable"><code>val1</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>delim</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>val2</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>delim</code></em> ... }'
70
+ </pre><p>
71
+ where <em class="replaceable"><code>delim</code></em> is the delimiter character
72
+ for the type, as recorded in its <code class="literal">pg_type</code> entry.
73
+ Among the standard data types provided in the
74
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> distribution, all use a comma
75
+ (<code class="literal">,</code>), except for type <code class="type">box</code> which uses a semicolon
76
+ (<code class="literal">;</code>). Each <em class="replaceable"><code>val</code></em> is
77
+ either a constant of the array element type, or a subarray. An example
78
+ of an array constant is:
79
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
80
+ '{{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9}}'
81
+ </pre><p>
82
+ This constant is a two-dimensional, 3-by-3 array consisting of
83
+ three subarrays of integers.
84
+ </p><p>
85
+ To set an element of an array constant to NULL, write <code class="literal">NULL</code>
86
+ for the element value. (Any upper- or lower-case variant of
87
+ <code class="literal">NULL</code> will do.) If you want an actual string value
88
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">NULL</span>”</span>, you must put double quotes around it.
89
+ </p><p>
90
+ (These kinds of array constants are actually only a special case of
91
+ the generic type constants discussed in <a class="xref" href="sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS-GENERIC" title="4.1.2.7. Constants of Other Types">Section 4.1.2.7</a>. The constant is initially
92
+ treated as a string and passed to the array input conversion
93
+ routine. An explicit type specification might be necessary.)
94
+ </p><p>
95
+ Now we can show some <code class="command">INSERT</code> statements:
96
+
97
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
98
+ INSERT INTO sal_emp
99
+ VALUES ('Bill',
100
+ '{10000, 10000, 10000, 10000}',
101
+ '{{"meeting", "lunch"}, {"training", "presentation"}}');
102
+
103
+ INSERT INTO sal_emp
104
+ VALUES ('Carol',
105
+ '{20000, 25000, 25000, 25000}',
106
+ '{{"breakfast", "consulting"}, {"meeting", "lunch"}}');
107
+ </pre><p>
108
+ </p><p>
109
+ The result of the previous two inserts looks like this:
110
+
111
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
112
+ SELECT * FROM sal_emp;
113
+ name | pay_by_quarter | schedule
114
+ -------+---------------------------+-------------------------------------------
115
+ Bill | {10000,10000,10000,10000} | {{meeting,lunch},{training,presentation}}
116
+ Carol | {20000,25000,25000,25000} | {{breakfast,consulting},{meeting,lunch}}
117
+ (2 rows)
118
+ </pre><p>
119
+ </p><p>
120
+ Multidimensional arrays must have matching extents for each
121
+ dimension. A mismatch causes an error, for example:
122
+
123
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
124
+ INSERT INTO sal_emp
125
+ VALUES ('Bill',
126
+ '{10000, 10000, 10000, 10000}',
127
+ '{{"meeting", "lunch"}, {"meeting"}}');
128
+ ERROR: multidimensional arrays must have array expressions with matching dimensions
129
+ </pre><p>
130
+ </p><p>
131
+ The <code class="literal">ARRAY</code> constructor syntax can also be used:
132
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
133
+ INSERT INTO sal_emp
134
+ VALUES ('Bill',
135
+ ARRAY[10000, 10000, 10000, 10000],
136
+ ARRAY[['meeting', 'lunch'], ['training', 'presentation']]);
137
+
138
+ INSERT INTO sal_emp
139
+ VALUES ('Carol',
140
+ ARRAY[20000, 25000, 25000, 25000],
141
+ ARRAY[['breakfast', 'consulting'], ['meeting', 'lunch']]);
142
+ </pre><p>
143
+ Notice that the array elements are ordinary SQL constants or
144
+ expressions; for instance, string literals are single quoted, instead of
145
+ double quoted as they would be in an array literal. The <code class="literal">ARRAY</code>
146
+ constructor syntax is discussed in more detail in
147
+ <a class="xref" href="sql-expressions.html#SQL-SYNTAX-ARRAY-CONSTRUCTORS" title="4.2.12. Array Constructors">Section 4.2.12</a>.
148
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ARRAYS-ACCESSING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">8.15.3. Accessing Arrays <a href="#ARRAYS-ACCESSING" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.5.7.23.6.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
149
+ Now, we can run some queries on the table.
150
+ First, we show how to access a single element of an array.
151
+ This query retrieves the names of the employees whose pay changed in
152
+ the second quarter:
153
+
154
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
155
+ SELECT name FROM sal_emp WHERE pay_by_quarter[1] &lt;&gt; pay_by_quarter[2];
156
+
157
+ name
158
+ -------
159
+ Carol
160
+ (1 row)
161
+ </pre><p>
162
+
163
+ The array subscript numbers are written within square brackets.
164
+ By default <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> uses a
165
+ one-based numbering convention for arrays, that is,
166
+ an array of <em class="replaceable"><code>n</code></em> elements starts with <code class="literal">array[1]</code> and
167
+ ends with <code class="literal">array[<em class="replaceable"><code>n</code></em>]</code>.
168
+ </p><p>
169
+ This query retrieves the third quarter pay of all employees:
170
+
171
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
172
+ SELECT pay_by_quarter[3] FROM sal_emp;
173
+
174
+ pay_by_quarter
175
+ ----------------
176
+ 10000
177
+ 25000
178
+ (2 rows)
179
+ </pre><p>
180
+ </p><p>
181
+ We can also access arbitrary rectangular slices of an array, or
182
+ subarrays. An array slice is denoted by writing
183
+ <code class="literal"><em class="replaceable"><code>lower-bound</code></em>:<em class="replaceable"><code>upper-bound</code></em></code>
184
+ for one or more array dimensions. For example, this query retrieves the first
185
+ item on Bill's schedule for the first two days of the week:
186
+
187
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
188
+ SELECT schedule[1:2][1:1] FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Bill';
189
+
190
+ schedule
191
+ ------------------------
192
+ {{meeting},{training}}
193
+ (1 row)
194
+ </pre><p>
195
+
196
+ If any dimension is written as a slice, i.e., contains a colon, then all
197
+ dimensions are treated as slices. Any dimension that has only a single
198
+ number (no colon) is treated as being from 1
199
+ to the number specified. For example, <code class="literal">[2]</code> is treated as
200
+ <code class="literal">[1:2]</code>, as in this example:
201
+
202
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
203
+ SELECT schedule[1:2][2] FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Bill';
204
+
205
+ schedule
206
+ -------------------------------------------
207
+ {{meeting,lunch},{training,presentation}}
208
+ (1 row)
209
+ </pre><p>
210
+
211
+ To avoid confusion with the non-slice case, it's best to use slice syntax
212
+ for all dimensions, e.g., <code class="literal">[1:2][1:1]</code>, not <code class="literal">[2][1:1]</code>.
213
+ </p><p>
214
+ It is possible to omit the <em class="replaceable"><code>lower-bound</code></em> and/or
215
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>upper-bound</code></em> of a slice specifier; the missing
216
+ bound is replaced by the lower or upper limit of the array's subscripts.
217
+ For example:
218
+
219
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
220
+ SELECT schedule[:2][2:] FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Bill';
221
+
222
+ schedule
223
+ ------------------------
224
+ {{lunch},{presentation}}
225
+ (1 row)
226
+
227
+ SELECT schedule[:][1:1] FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Bill';
228
+
229
+ schedule
230
+ ------------------------
231
+ {{meeting},{training}}
232
+ (1 row)
233
+ </pre><p>
234
+ </p><p>
235
+ An array subscript expression will return null if either the array itself or
236
+ any of the subscript expressions are null. Also, null is returned if a
237
+ subscript is outside the array bounds (this case does not raise an error).
238
+ For example, if <code class="literal">schedule</code>
239
+ currently has the dimensions <code class="literal">[1:3][1:2]</code> then referencing
240
+ <code class="literal">schedule[3][3]</code> yields NULL. Similarly, an array reference
241
+ with the wrong number of subscripts yields a null rather than an error.
242
+ </p><p>
243
+ An array slice expression likewise yields null if the array itself or
244
+ any of the subscript expressions are null. However, in other
245
+ cases such as selecting an array slice that
246
+ is completely outside the current array bounds, a slice expression
247
+ yields an empty (zero-dimensional) array instead of null. (This
248
+ does not match non-slice behavior and is done for historical reasons.)
249
+ If the requested slice partially overlaps the array bounds, then it
250
+ is silently reduced to just the overlapping region instead of
251
+ returning null.
252
+ </p><p>
253
+ The current dimensions of any array value can be retrieved with the
254
+ <code class="function">array_dims</code> function:
255
+
256
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
257
+ SELECT array_dims(schedule) FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Carol';
258
+
259
+ array_dims
260
+ ------------
261
+ [1:2][1:2]
262
+ (1 row)
263
+ </pre><p>
264
+
265
+ <code class="function">array_dims</code> produces a <code class="type">text</code> result,
266
+ which is convenient for people to read but perhaps inconvenient
267
+ for programs. Dimensions can also be retrieved with
268
+ <code class="function">array_upper</code> and <code class="function">array_lower</code>,
269
+ which return the upper and lower bound of a
270
+ specified array dimension, respectively:
271
+
272
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
273
+ SELECT array_upper(schedule, 1) FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Carol';
274
+
275
+ array_upper
276
+ -------------
277
+ 2
278
+ (1 row)
279
+ </pre><p>
280
+
281
+ <code class="function">array_length</code> will return the length of a specified
282
+ array dimension:
283
+
284
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
285
+ SELECT array_length(schedule, 1) FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Carol';
286
+
287
+ array_length
288
+ --------------
289
+ 2
290
+ (1 row)
291
+ </pre><p>
292
+
293
+ <code class="function">cardinality</code> returns the total number of elements in an
294
+ array across all dimensions. It is effectively the number of rows a call to
295
+ <code class="function">unnest</code> would yield:
296
+
297
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
298
+ SELECT cardinality(schedule) FROM sal_emp WHERE name = 'Carol';
299
+
300
+ cardinality
301
+ -------------
302
+ 4
303
+ (1 row)
304
+ </pre><p>
305
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ARRAYS-MODIFYING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">8.15.4. Modifying Arrays <a href="#ARRAYS-MODIFYING" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.5.7.23.7.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
306
+ An array value can be replaced completely:
307
+
308
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
309
+ UPDATE sal_emp SET pay_by_quarter = '{25000,25000,27000,27000}'
310
+ WHERE name = 'Carol';
311
+ </pre><p>
312
+
313
+ or using the <code class="literal">ARRAY</code> expression syntax:
314
+
315
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
316
+ UPDATE sal_emp SET pay_by_quarter = ARRAY[25000,25000,27000,27000]
317
+ WHERE name = 'Carol';
318
+ </pre><p>
319
+
320
+ An array can also be updated at a single element:
321
+
322
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
323
+ UPDATE sal_emp SET pay_by_quarter[4] = 15000
324
+ WHERE name = 'Bill';
325
+ </pre><p>
326
+
327
+ or updated in a slice:
328
+
329
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
330
+ UPDATE sal_emp SET pay_by_quarter[1:2] = '{27000,27000}'
331
+ WHERE name = 'Carol';
332
+ </pre><p>
333
+
334
+ The slice syntaxes with omitted <em class="replaceable"><code>lower-bound</code></em> and/or
335
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>upper-bound</code></em> can be used too, but only when
336
+ updating an array value that is not NULL or zero-dimensional (otherwise,
337
+ there is no existing subscript limit to substitute).
338
+ </p><p>
339
+ A stored array value can be enlarged by assigning to elements not already
340
+ present. Any positions between those previously present and the newly
341
+ assigned elements will be filled with nulls. For example, if array
342
+ <code class="literal">myarray</code> currently has 4 elements, it will have six
343
+ elements after an update that assigns to <code class="literal">myarray[6]</code>;
344
+ <code class="literal">myarray[5]</code> will contain null.
345
+ Currently, enlargement in this fashion is only allowed for one-dimensional
346
+ arrays, not multidimensional arrays.
347
+ </p><p>
348
+ Subscripted assignment allows creation of arrays that do not use one-based
349
+ subscripts. For example one might assign to <code class="literal">myarray[-2:7]</code> to
350
+ create an array with subscript values from -2 to 7.
351
+ </p><p>
352
+ New array values can also be constructed using the concatenation operator,
353
+ <code class="literal">||</code>:
354
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
355
+ SELECT ARRAY[1,2] || ARRAY[3,4];
356
+ ?column?
357
+ -----------
358
+ {1,2,3,4}
359
+ (1 row)
360
+
361
+ SELECT ARRAY[5,6] || ARRAY[[1,2],[3,4]];
362
+ ?column?
363
+ ---------------------
364
+ {{5,6},{1,2},{3,4}}
365
+ (1 row)
366
+ </pre><p>
367
+ </p><p>
368
+ The concatenation operator allows a single element to be pushed onto the
369
+ beginning or end of a one-dimensional array. It also accepts two
370
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>N</code></em>-dimensional arrays, or an <em class="replaceable"><code>N</code></em>-dimensional
371
+ and an <em class="replaceable"><code>N+1</code></em>-dimensional array.
372
+ </p><p>
373
+ When a single element is pushed onto either the beginning or end of a
374
+ one-dimensional array, the result is an array with the same lower bound
375
+ subscript as the array operand. For example:
376
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
377
+ SELECT array_dims(1 || '[0:1]={2,3}'::int[]);
378
+ array_dims
379
+ ------------
380
+ [0:2]
381
+ (1 row)
382
+
383
+ SELECT array_dims(ARRAY[1,2] || 3);
384
+ array_dims
385
+ ------------
386
+ [1:3]
387
+ (1 row)
388
+ </pre><p>
389
+ </p><p>
390
+ When two arrays with an equal number of dimensions are concatenated, the
391
+ result retains the lower bound subscript of the left-hand operand's outer
392
+ dimension. The result is an array comprising every element of the left-hand
393
+ operand followed by every element of the right-hand operand. For example:
394
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
395
+ SELECT array_dims(ARRAY[1,2] || ARRAY[3,4,5]);
396
+ array_dims
397
+ ------------
398
+ [1:5]
399
+ (1 row)
400
+
401
+ SELECT array_dims(ARRAY[[1,2],[3,4]] || ARRAY[[5,6],[7,8],[9,0]]);
402
+ array_dims
403
+ ------------
404
+ [1:5][1:2]
405
+ (1 row)
406
+ </pre><p>
407
+ </p><p>
408
+ When an <em class="replaceable"><code>N</code></em>-dimensional array is pushed onto the beginning
409
+ or end of an <em class="replaceable"><code>N+1</code></em>-dimensional array, the result is
410
+ analogous to the element-array case above. Each <em class="replaceable"><code>N</code></em>-dimensional
411
+ sub-array is essentially an element of the <em class="replaceable"><code>N+1</code></em>-dimensional
412
+ array's outer dimension. For example:
413
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
414
+ SELECT array_dims(ARRAY[1,2] || ARRAY[[3,4],[5,6]]);
415
+ array_dims
416
+ ------------
417
+ [1:3][1:2]
418
+ (1 row)
419
+ </pre><p>
420
+ </p><p>
421
+ An array can also be constructed by using the functions
422
+ <code class="function">array_prepend</code>, <code class="function">array_append</code>,
423
+ or <code class="function">array_cat</code>. The first two only support one-dimensional
424
+ arrays, but <code class="function">array_cat</code> supports multidimensional arrays.
425
+ Some examples:
426
+
427
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
428
+ SELECT array_prepend(1, ARRAY[2,3]);
429
+ array_prepend
430
+ ---------------
431
+ {1,2,3}
432
+ (1 row)
433
+
434
+ SELECT array_append(ARRAY[1,2], 3);
435
+ array_append
436
+ --------------
437
+ {1,2,3}
438
+ (1 row)
439
+
440
+ SELECT array_cat(ARRAY[1,2], ARRAY[3,4]);
441
+ array_cat
442
+ -----------
443
+ {1,2,3,4}
444
+ (1 row)
445
+
446
+ SELECT array_cat(ARRAY[[1,2],[3,4]], ARRAY[5,6]);
447
+ array_cat
448
+ ---------------------
449
+ {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}}
450
+ (1 row)
451
+
452
+ SELECT array_cat(ARRAY[5,6], ARRAY[[1,2],[3,4]]);
453
+ array_cat
454
+ ---------------------
455
+ {{5,6},{1,2},{3,4}}
456
+ </pre><p>
457
+ </p><p>
458
+ In simple cases, the concatenation operator discussed above is preferred
459
+ over direct use of these functions. However, because the concatenation
460
+ operator is overloaded to serve all three cases, there are situations where
461
+ use of one of the functions is helpful to avoid ambiguity. For example
462
+ consider:
463
+
464
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
465
+ SELECT ARRAY[1, 2] || '{3, 4}'; -- the untyped literal is taken as an array
466
+ ?column?
467
+ -----------
468
+ {1,2,3,4}
469
+
470
+ SELECT ARRAY[1, 2] || '7'; -- so is this one
471
+ ERROR: malformed array literal: "7"
472
+
473
+ SELECT ARRAY[1, 2] || NULL; -- so is an undecorated NULL
474
+ ?column?
475
+ ----------
476
+ {1,2}
477
+ (1 row)
478
+
479
+ SELECT array_append(ARRAY[1, 2], NULL); -- this might have been meant
480
+ array_append
481
+ --------------
482
+ {1,2,NULL}
483
+ </pre><p>
484
+
485
+ In the examples above, the parser sees an integer array on one side of the
486
+ concatenation operator, and a constant of undetermined type on the other.
487
+ The heuristic it uses to resolve the constant's type is to assume it's of
488
+ the same type as the operator's other input — in this case,
489
+ integer array. So the concatenation operator is presumed to
490
+ represent <code class="function">array_cat</code>, not <code class="function">array_append</code>. When
491
+ that's the wrong choice, it could be fixed by casting the constant to the
492
+ array's element type; but explicit use of <code class="function">array_append</code> might
493
+ be a preferable solution.
494
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" id="ARRAYS-SEARCHING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">8.15.5. Searching in Arrays <a href="#ARRAYS-SEARCHING" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.5.7.23.8.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
495
+ To search for a value in an array, each value must be checked.
496
+ This can be done manually, if you know the size of the array.
497
+ For example:
498
+
499
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
500
+ SELECT * FROM sal_emp WHERE pay_by_quarter[1] = 10000 OR
501
+ pay_by_quarter[2] = 10000 OR
502
+ pay_by_quarter[3] = 10000 OR
503
+ pay_by_quarter[4] = 10000;
504
+ </pre><p>
505
+
506
+ However, this quickly becomes tedious for large arrays, and is not
507
+ helpful if the size of the array is unknown. An alternative method is
508
+ described in <a class="xref" href="functions-comparisons.html" title="9.24. Row and Array Comparisons">Section 9.24</a>. The above
509
+ query could be replaced by:
510
+
511
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
512
+ SELECT * FROM sal_emp WHERE 10000 = ANY (pay_by_quarter);
513
+ </pre><p>
514
+
515
+ In addition, you can find rows where the array has all values
516
+ equal to 10000 with:
517
+
518
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
519
+ SELECT * FROM sal_emp WHERE 10000 = ALL (pay_by_quarter);
520
+ </pre><p>
521
+
522
+ </p><p>
523
+ Alternatively, the <code class="function">generate_subscripts</code> function can be used.
524
+ For example:
525
+
526
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
527
+ SELECT * FROM
528
+ (SELECT pay_by_quarter,
529
+ generate_subscripts(pay_by_quarter, 1) AS s
530
+ FROM sal_emp) AS foo
531
+ WHERE pay_by_quarter[s] = 10000;
532
+ </pre><p>
533
+
534
+ This function is described in <a class="xref" href="functions-srf.html#FUNCTIONS-SRF-SUBSCRIPTS" title="Table 9.66. Subscript Generating Functions">Table 9.66</a>.
535
+ </p><p>
536
+ You can also search an array using the <code class="literal">&amp;&amp;</code> operator,
537
+ which checks whether the left operand overlaps with the right operand.
538
+ For instance:
539
+
540
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
541
+ SELECT * FROM sal_emp WHERE pay_by_quarter &amp;&amp; ARRAY[10000];
542
+ </pre><p>
543
+
544
+ This and other array operators are further described in
545
+ <a class="xref" href="functions-array.html" title="9.19. Array Functions and Operators">Section 9.19</a>. It can be accelerated by an appropriate
546
+ index, as described in <a class="xref" href="indexes-types.html" title="11.2. Index Types">Section 11.2</a>.
547
+ </p><p>
548
+ You can also search for specific values in an array using the <code class="function">array_position</code>
549
+ and <code class="function">array_positions</code> functions. The former returns the subscript of
550
+ the first occurrence of a value in an array; the latter returns an array with the
551
+ subscripts of all occurrences of the value in the array. For example:
552
+
553
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
554
+ SELECT array_position(ARRAY['sun','mon','tue','wed','thu','fri','sat'], 'mon');
555
+ array_position
556
+ ----------------
557
+ 2
558
+ (1 row)
559
+
560
+ SELECT array_positions(ARRAY[1, 4, 3, 1, 3, 4, 2, 1], 1);
561
+ array_positions
562
+ -----------------
563
+ {1,4,8}
564
+ (1 row)
565
+ </pre><p>
566
+ </p><div class="tip"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>
567
+ Arrays are not sets; searching for specific array elements
568
+ can be a sign of database misdesign. Consider
569
+ using a separate table with a row for each item that would be an
570
+ array element. This will be easier to search, and is likely to
571
+ scale better for a large number of elements.
572
+ </p></div></div><div class="sect2" id="ARRAYS-IO"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">8.15.6. Array Input and Output Syntax <a href="#ARRAYS-IO" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><a id="id-1.5.7.23.9.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
573
+ The external text representation of an array value consists of items that
574
+ are interpreted according to the I/O conversion rules for the array's
575
+ element type, plus decoration that indicates the array structure.
576
+ The decoration consists of curly braces (<code class="literal">{</code> and <code class="literal">}</code>)
577
+ around the array value plus delimiter characters between adjacent items.
578
+ The delimiter character is usually a comma (<code class="literal">,</code>) but can be
579
+ something else: it is determined by the <code class="literal">typdelim</code> setting
580
+ for the array's element type. Among the standard data types provided
581
+ in the <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> distribution, all use a comma,
582
+ except for type <code class="type">box</code>, which uses a semicolon (<code class="literal">;</code>).
583
+ In a multidimensional array, each dimension (row, plane,
584
+ cube, etc.) gets its own level of curly braces, and delimiters
585
+ must be written between adjacent curly-braced entities of the same level.
586
+ </p><p>
587
+ The array output routine will put double quotes around element values
588
+ if they are empty strings, contain curly braces, delimiter characters,
589
+ double quotes, backslashes, or white space, or match the word
590
+ <code class="literal">NULL</code>. Double quotes and backslashes
591
+ embedded in element values will be backslash-escaped. For numeric
592
+ data types it is safe to assume that double quotes will never appear, but
593
+ for textual data types one should be prepared to cope with either the presence
594
+ or absence of quotes.
595
+ </p><p>
596
+ By default, the lower bound index value of an array's dimensions is
597
+ set to one. To represent arrays with other lower bounds, the array
598
+ subscript ranges can be specified explicitly before writing the
599
+ array contents.
600
+ This decoration consists of square brackets (<code class="literal">[]</code>)
601
+ around each array dimension's lower and upper bounds, with
602
+ a colon (<code class="literal">:</code>) delimiter character in between. The
603
+ array dimension decoration is followed by an equal sign (<code class="literal">=</code>).
604
+ For example:
605
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
606
+ SELECT f1[1][-2][3] AS e1, f1[1][-1][5] AS e2
607
+ FROM (SELECT '[1:1][-2:-1][3:5]={{{1,2,3},{4,5,6}}}'::int[] AS f1) AS ss;
608
+
609
+ e1 | e2
610
+ ----+----
611
+ 1 | 6
612
+ (1 row)
613
+ </pre><p>
614
+ The array output routine will include explicit dimensions in its result
615
+ only when there are one or more lower bounds different from one.
616
+ </p><p>
617
+ If the value written for an element is <code class="literal">NULL</code> (in any case
618
+ variant), the element is taken to be NULL. The presence of any quotes
619
+ or backslashes disables this and allows the literal string value
620
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">NULL</span>”</span> to be entered. Also, for backward compatibility with
621
+ pre-8.2 versions of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>, the <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-compatible.html#GUC-ARRAY-NULLS">array_nulls</a> configuration parameter can be turned
622
+ <code class="literal">off</code> to suppress recognition of <code class="literal">NULL</code> as a NULL.
623
+ </p><p>
624
+ As shown previously, when writing an array value you can use double
625
+ quotes around any individual array element. You <span class="emphasis"><em>must</em></span> do so
626
+ if the element value would otherwise confuse the array-value parser.
627
+ For example, elements containing curly braces, commas (or the data type's
628
+ delimiter character), double quotes, backslashes, or leading or trailing
629
+ whitespace must be double-quoted. Empty strings and strings matching the
630
+ word <code class="literal">NULL</code> must be quoted, too. To put a double
631
+ quote or backslash in a quoted array element value, precede it
632
+ with a backslash. Alternatively, you can avoid quotes and use
633
+ backslash-escaping to protect all data characters that would otherwise
634
+ be taken as array syntax.
635
+ </p><p>
636
+ You can add whitespace before a left brace or after a right
637
+ brace. You can also add whitespace before or after any individual item
638
+ string. In all of these cases the whitespace will be ignored. However,
639
+ whitespace within double-quoted elements, or surrounded on both sides by
640
+ non-whitespace characters of an element, is not ignored.
641
+ </p><div class="tip"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>
642
+ The <code class="literal">ARRAY</code> constructor syntax (see
643
+ <a class="xref" href="sql-expressions.html#SQL-SYNTAX-ARRAY-CONSTRUCTORS" title="4.2.12. Array Constructors">Section 4.2.12</a>) is often easier to work
644
+ with than the array-literal syntax when writing array values in SQL
645
+ commands. In <code class="literal">ARRAY</code>, individual element values are written the
646
+ same way they would be written when not members of an array.
647
+ </p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="datatype-json.html" title="8.14. JSON Types">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="datatype.html" title="Chapter 8. Data Types">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="rowtypes.html" title="8.16. Composite Types">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">8.14. <acronym class="acronym">JSON</acronym> Types </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 8.16. Composite Types</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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3
+ This authentication method operates similarly to
4
+ <code class="literal">password</code> except that it uses BSD Authentication
5
+ to verify the password. BSD Authentication is used only
6
+ to validate user name/password pairs. Therefore the user's role must
7
+ already exist in the database before BSD Authentication can be used
8
+ for authentication. The BSD Authentication framework is currently
9
+ only available on OpenBSD.
10
+ </p><p>
11
+ BSD Authentication in <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> uses
12
+ the <code class="literal">auth-postgresql</code> login type and authenticates with
13
+ the <code class="literal">postgresql</code> login class if that's defined
14
+ in <code class="filename">login.conf</code>. By default that login class does not
15
+ exist, and <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> will use the default login class.
16
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
17
+ To use BSD Authentication, the PostgreSQL user account (that is, the
18
+ operating system user running the server) must first be added to
19
+ the <code class="literal">auth</code> group. The <code class="literal">auth</code> group
20
+ exists by default on OpenBSD systems.
21
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="auth-pam.html" title="21.13. PAM Authentication">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="client-authentication-problems.html" title="21.15. Authentication Problems">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">21.13. PAM Authentication </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 21.15. Authentication Problems</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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3
+ This authentication method uses SSL client certificates to perform
4
+ authentication. It is therefore only available for SSL connections;
5
+ see <a class="xref" href="ssl-tcp.html#SSL-OPENSSL-CONFIG" title="19.9.2. OpenSSL Configuration">Section 19.9.2</a> for SSL configuration instructions.
6
+ When using this authentication method, the server will require that
7
+ the client provide a valid, trusted certificate. No password prompt
8
+ will be sent to the client. The <code class="literal">cn</code> (Common Name)
9
+ attribute of the certificate
10
+ will be compared to the requested database user name, and if they match
11
+ the login will be allowed. User name mapping can be used to allow
12
+ <code class="literal">cn</code> to be different from the database user name.
13
+ </p><p>
14
+ The following configuration options are supported for SSL certificate
15
+ authentication:
16
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">map</code></span></dt><dd><p>
17
+ Allows for mapping between system and database user names. See
18
+ <a class="xref" href="auth-username-maps.html" title="21.2. User Name Maps">Section 21.2</a> for details.
19
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
20
+ </p><p>
21
+ It is redundant to use the <code class="literal">clientcert</code> option with
22
+ <code class="literal">cert</code> authentication because <code class="literal">cert</code>
23
+ authentication is effectively <code class="literal">trust</code> authentication
24
+ with <code class="literal">clientcert=verify-full</code>.
25
+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="auth-radius.html" title="21.11. RADIUS Authentication">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-pam.html" title="21.13. PAM Authentication">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">21.11. RADIUS Authentication </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 21.13. PAM Authentication</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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3
+ <code class="filename">auth_delay</code> causes the server to pause briefly before
4
+ reporting authentication failure, to make brute-force attacks on database
5
+ passwords more difficult. Note that it does nothing to prevent
6
+ denial-of-service attacks, and may even exacerbate them, since processes
7
+ that are waiting before reporting authentication failure will still consume
8
+ connection slots.
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ In order to function, this module must be loaded via
11
+ <a class="xref" href="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-SHARED-PRELOAD-LIBRARIES">shared_preload_libraries</a> in <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>.
12
+ </p><div class="sect2" id="AUTH-DELAY-CONFIGURATION-PARAMETERS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.3.1. Configuration Parameters <a href="#AUTH-DELAY-CONFIGURATION-PARAMETERS" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
13
+ <code class="varname">auth_delay.milliseconds</code> (<code class="type">integer</code>)
14
+ <a id="id-1.11.7.13.5.2.1.1.3" class="indexterm"></a>
15
+ </span></dt><dd><p>
16
+ The number of milliseconds to wait before reporting an authentication
17
+ failure. The default is 0.
18
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
19
+ These parameters must be set in <code class="filename">postgresql.conf</code>.
20
+ Typical usage might be:
21
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
22
+ # postgresql.conf
23
+ shared_preload_libraries = 'auth_delay'
24
+
25
+ auth_delay.milliseconds = '500'
26
+ </pre></div><div class="sect2" id="AUTH-DELAY-AUTHOR"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">F.3.2. Author <a href="#AUTH-DELAY-AUTHOR" class="id_link">#</a></h3></div></div></div><p>
27
+ KaiGai Kohei <code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com">kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com</a>&gt;</code>
28
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="amcheck.html" title="F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="contrib.html" title="Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auto-explain.html" title="F.4. auto_explain — log execution plans of slow queries">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> F.4. auto_explain — log execution plans of slow queries</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
2
+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>21.8. Ident Authentication</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="sspi-auth.html" title="21.7. SSPI Authentication" /><link rel="next" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">21.8. Ident Authentication</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sspi-auth.html" title="21.7. SSPI Authentication">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 21. Client Authentication</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="AUTH-IDENT"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">21.8. Ident Authentication <a href="#AUTH-IDENT" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.6.8.15.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
3
+ The ident authentication method works by obtaining the client's
4
+ operating system user name from an ident server and using it as
5
+ the allowed database user name (with an optional user name mapping).
6
+ This is only supported on TCP/IP connections.
7
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
8
+ When ident is specified for a local (non-TCP/IP) connection,
9
+ peer authentication (see <a class="xref" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication">Section 21.9</a>) will be
10
+ used instead.
11
+ </p></div><p>
12
+ The following configuration options are supported for <code class="literal">ident</code>:
13
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">map</code></span></dt><dd><p>
14
+ Allows for mapping between system and database user names. See
15
+ <a class="xref" href="auth-username-maps.html" title="21.2. User Name Maps">Section 21.2</a> for details.
16
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
17
+ </p><p>
18
+ The <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Identification Protocol</span>”</span> is described in
19
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1413" target="_top">RFC 1413</a>.
20
+ Virtually every Unix-like
21
+ operating system ships with an ident server that listens on TCP
22
+ port 113 by default. The basic functionality of an ident server
23
+ is to answer questions like <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">What user initiated the
24
+ connection that goes out of your port <em class="replaceable"><code>X</code></em>
25
+ and connects to my port <em class="replaceable"><code>Y</code></em>?</span>”</span>.
26
+ Since <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> knows both <em class="replaceable"><code>X</code></em> and
27
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>Y</code></em> when a physical connection is established, it
28
+ can interrogate the ident server on the host of the connecting
29
+ client and can theoretically determine the operating system user
30
+ for any given connection.
31
+ </p><p>
32
+ The drawback of this procedure is that it depends on the integrity
33
+ of the client: if the client machine is untrusted or compromised,
34
+ an attacker could run just about any program on port 113 and
35
+ return any user name they choose. This authentication method is
36
+ therefore only appropriate for closed networks where each client
37
+ machine is under tight control and where the database and system
38
+ administrators operate in close contact. In other words, you must
39
+ trust the machine running the ident server.
40
+ Heed the warning:
41
+ </p><div class="blockquote"><table border="0" class="blockquote" style="width: 100%; cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;" summary="Block quote"><tr><td width="10%" valign="top"> </td><td width="80%" valign="top"><p>
42
+ The Identification Protocol is not intended as an authorization
43
+ or access control protocol.
44
+ </p></td><td width="10%" valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top"> </td><td colspan="2" align="right" valign="top">--<span class="attribution">RFC 1413</span></td></tr></table></div><p>
45
+ </p><p>
46
+ Some ident servers have a nonstandard option that causes the returned
47
+ user name to be encrypted, using a key that only the originating
48
+ machine's administrator knows. This option <span class="emphasis"><em>must not</em></span> be
49
+ used when using the ident server with <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span>,
50
+ since <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> does not have any way to decrypt the
51
+ returned string to determine the actual user name.
52
+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sspi-auth.html" title="21.7. SSPI Authentication">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">21.7. SSPI Authentication </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 21.9. Peer Authentication</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>21.10. LDAP Authentication</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication" /><link rel="next" href="auth-radius.html" title="21.11. RADIUS Authentication" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">21.10. LDAP Authentication</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 21. Client Authentication</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-radius.html" title="21.11. RADIUS Authentication">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="AUTH-LDAP"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">21.10. LDAP Authentication <a href="#AUTH-LDAP" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><a id="id-1.6.8.17.2" class="indexterm"></a><p>
3
+ This authentication method operates similarly to
4
+ <code class="literal">password</code> except that it uses LDAP
5
+ as the password verification method. LDAP is used only to validate
6
+ the user name/password pairs. Therefore the user must already
7
+ exist in the database before LDAP can be used for
8
+ authentication.
9
+ </p><p>
10
+ LDAP authentication can operate in two modes. In the first mode,
11
+ which we will call the simple bind mode,
12
+ the server will bind to the distinguished name constructed as
13
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>prefix</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>username</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>suffix</code></em>.
14
+ Typically, the <em class="replaceable"><code>prefix</code></em> parameter is used to specify
15
+ <code class="literal">cn=</code>, or <em class="replaceable"><code>DOMAIN</code></em><code class="literal">\</code> in an Active
16
+ Directory environment. <em class="replaceable"><code>suffix</code></em> is used to specify the
17
+ remaining part of the DN in a non-Active Directory environment.
18
+ </p><p>
19
+ In the second mode, which we will call the search+bind mode,
20
+ the server first binds to the LDAP directory with
21
+ a fixed user name and password, specified with <em class="replaceable"><code>ldapbinddn</code></em>
22
+ and <em class="replaceable"><code>ldapbindpasswd</code></em>, and performs a search for the user trying
23
+ to log in to the database. If no user and password is configured, an
24
+ anonymous bind will be attempted to the directory. The search will be
25
+ performed over the subtree at <em class="replaceable"><code>ldapbasedn</code></em>, and will try to
26
+ do an exact match of the attribute specified in
27
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>ldapsearchattribute</code></em>.
28
+ Once the user has been found in
29
+ this search, the server disconnects and re-binds to the directory as
30
+ this user, using the password specified by the client, to verify that the
31
+ login is correct. This mode is the same as that used by LDAP authentication
32
+ schemes in other software, such as Apache <code class="literal">mod_authnz_ldap</code> and <code class="literal">pam_ldap</code>.
33
+ This method allows for significantly more flexibility
34
+ in where the user objects are located in the directory, but will cause
35
+ two separate connections to the LDAP server to be made.
36
+ </p><p>
37
+ The following configuration options are used in both modes:
38
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapserver</code></span></dt><dd><p>
39
+ Names or IP addresses of LDAP servers to connect to. Multiple
40
+ servers may be specified, separated by spaces.
41
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapport</code></span></dt><dd><p>
42
+ Port number on LDAP server to connect to. If no port is specified,
43
+ the LDAP library's default port setting will be used.
44
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapscheme</code></span></dt><dd><p>
45
+ Set to <code class="literal">ldaps</code> to use LDAPS. This is a non-standard
46
+ way of using LDAP over SSL, supported by some LDAP server
47
+ implementations. See also the <code class="literal">ldaptls</code> option for
48
+ an alternative.
49
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldaptls</code></span></dt><dd><p>
50
+ Set to 1 to make the connection between PostgreSQL and the LDAP server
51
+ use TLS encryption. This uses the <code class="literal">StartTLS</code>
52
+ operation per <a class="ulink" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4513" target="_top">RFC 4513</a>.
53
+ See also the <code class="literal">ldapscheme</code> option for an alternative.
54
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
55
+ </p><p>
56
+ Note that using <code class="literal">ldapscheme</code> or
57
+ <code class="literal">ldaptls</code> only encrypts the traffic between the
58
+ PostgreSQL server and the LDAP server. The connection between the
59
+ PostgreSQL server and the PostgreSQL client will still be unencrypted
60
+ unless SSL is used there as well.
61
+ </p><p>
62
+ The following options are used in simple bind mode only:
63
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapprefix</code></span></dt><dd><p>
64
+ String to prepend to the user name when forming the DN to bind as,
65
+ when doing simple bind authentication.
66
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapsuffix</code></span></dt><dd><p>
67
+ String to append to the user name when forming the DN to bind as,
68
+ when doing simple bind authentication.
69
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
70
+ </p><p>
71
+ The following options are used in search+bind mode only:
72
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapbasedn</code></span></dt><dd><p>
73
+ Root DN to begin the search for the user in, when doing search+bind
74
+ authentication.
75
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapbinddn</code></span></dt><dd><p>
76
+ DN of user to bind to the directory with to perform the search when
77
+ doing search+bind authentication.
78
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapbindpasswd</code></span></dt><dd><p>
79
+ Password for user to bind to the directory with to perform the search
80
+ when doing search+bind authentication.
81
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapsearchattribute</code></span></dt><dd><p>
82
+ Attribute to match against the user name in the search when doing
83
+ search+bind authentication. If no attribute is specified, the
84
+ <code class="literal">uid</code> attribute will be used.
85
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapsearchfilter</code></span></dt><dd><p>
86
+ The search filter to use when doing search+bind authentication.
87
+ Occurrences of <code class="literal">$username</code> will be replaced with the
88
+ user name. This allows for more flexible search filters than
89
+ <code class="literal">ldapsearchattribute</code>.
90
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">ldapurl</code></span></dt><dd><p>
91
+ An <a class="ulink" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4516" target="_top">RFC 4516</a>
92
+ LDAP URL. This is an alternative way to write some of the
93
+ other LDAP options in a more compact and standard form. The format is
94
+ </p><pre class="synopsis">
95
+ ldap[s]://<em class="replaceable"><code>host</code></em>[:<em class="replaceable"><code>port</code></em>]/<em class="replaceable"><code>basedn</code></em>[?[<em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em>][?[<em class="replaceable"><code>scope</code></em>][?[<em class="replaceable"><code>filter</code></em>]]]]
96
+ </pre><p>
97
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>scope</code></em> must be one
98
+ of <code class="literal">base</code>, <code class="literal">one</code>, <code class="literal">sub</code>,
99
+ typically the last. (The default is <code class="literal">base</code>, which
100
+ is normally not useful in this application.) <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em> can
101
+ nominate a single attribute, in which case it is used as a value for
102
+ <code class="literal">ldapsearchattribute</code>. If
103
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>attribute</code></em> is empty then
104
+ <em class="replaceable"><code>filter</code></em> can be used as a value for
105
+ <code class="literal">ldapsearchfilter</code>.
106
+ </p><p>
107
+ The URL scheme <code class="literal">ldaps</code> chooses the LDAPS method for
108
+ making LDAP connections over SSL, equivalent to using
109
+ <code class="literal">ldapscheme=ldaps</code>. To use encrypted LDAP
110
+ connections using the <code class="literal">StartTLS</code> operation, use the
111
+ normal URL scheme <code class="literal">ldap</code> and specify the
112
+ <code class="literal">ldaptls</code> option in addition to
113
+ <code class="literal">ldapurl</code>.
114
+ </p><p>
115
+ For non-anonymous binds, <code class="literal">ldapbinddn</code>
116
+ and <code class="literal">ldapbindpasswd</code> must be specified as separate
117
+ options.
118
+ </p><p>
119
+ LDAP URLs are currently only supported with
120
+ <span class="productname">OpenLDAP</span>, not on Windows.
121
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
122
+ </p><p>
123
+ It is an error to mix configuration options for simple bind with options
124
+ for search+bind.
125
+ </p><p>
126
+ When using search+bind mode, the search can be performed using a single
127
+ attribute specified with <code class="literal">ldapsearchattribute</code>, or using
128
+ a custom search filter specified with
129
+ <code class="literal">ldapsearchfilter</code>.
130
+ Specifying <code class="literal">ldapsearchattribute=foo</code> is equivalent to
131
+ specifying <code class="literal">ldapsearchfilter="(foo=$username)"</code>. If neither
132
+ option is specified the default is
133
+ <code class="literal">ldapsearchattribute=uid</code>.
134
+ </p><p>
135
+ If <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> was compiled with
136
+ <span class="productname">OpenLDAP</span> as the LDAP client library, the
137
+ <code class="literal">ldapserver</code> setting may be omitted. In that case, a
138
+ list of host names and ports is looked up via
139
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2782" target="_top">RFC 2782</a> DNS SRV records.
140
+ The name <code class="literal">_ldap._tcp.DOMAIN</code> is looked up, where
141
+ <code class="literal">DOMAIN</code> is extracted from <code class="literal">ldapbasedn</code>.
142
+ </p><p>
143
+ Here is an example for a simple-bind LDAP configuration:
144
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
145
+ host ... ldap ldapserver=ldap.example.net ldapprefix="cn=" ldapsuffix=", dc=example, dc=net"
146
+ </pre><p>
147
+ When a connection to the database server as database
148
+ user <code class="literal">someuser</code> is requested, PostgreSQL will attempt to
149
+ bind to the LDAP server using the DN <code class="literal">cn=someuser, dc=example,
150
+ dc=net</code> and the password provided by the client. If that connection
151
+ succeeds, the database access is granted.
152
+ </p><p>
153
+ Here is an example for a search+bind configuration:
154
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
155
+ host ... ldap ldapserver=ldap.example.net ldapbasedn="dc=example, dc=net" ldapsearchattribute=uid
156
+ </pre><p>
157
+ When a connection to the database server as database
158
+ user <code class="literal">someuser</code> is requested, PostgreSQL will attempt to
159
+ bind anonymously (since <code class="literal">ldapbinddn</code> was not specified) to
160
+ the LDAP server, perform a search for <code class="literal">(uid=someuser)</code>
161
+ under the specified base DN. If an entry is found, it will then attempt to
162
+ bind using that found information and the password supplied by the client.
163
+ If that second connection succeeds, the database access is granted.
164
+ </p><p>
165
+ Here is the same search+bind configuration written as a URL:
166
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
167
+ host ... ldap ldapurl="ldap://ldap.example.net/dc=example,dc=net?uid?sub"
168
+ </pre><p>
169
+ Some other software that supports authentication against LDAP uses the
170
+ same URL format, so it will be easier to share the configuration.
171
+ </p><p>
172
+ Here is an example for a search+bind configuration that uses
173
+ <code class="literal">ldapsearchfilter</code> instead of
174
+ <code class="literal">ldapsearchattribute</code> to allow authentication by
175
+ user ID or email address:
176
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
177
+ host ... ldap ldapserver=ldap.example.net ldapbasedn="dc=example, dc=net" ldapsearchfilter="(|(uid=$username)(mail=$username))"
178
+ </pre><p>
179
+ </p><p>
180
+ Here is an example for a search+bind configuration that uses DNS SRV
181
+ discovery to find the host name(s) and port(s) for the LDAP service for the
182
+ domain name <code class="literal">example.net</code>:
183
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
184
+ host ... ldap ldapbasedn="dc=example,dc=net"
185
+ </pre><p>
186
+ </p><div class="tip"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>
187
+ Since LDAP often uses commas and spaces to separate the different
188
+ parts of a DN, it is often necessary to use double-quoted parameter
189
+ values when configuring LDAP options, as shown in the examples.
190
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-radius.html" title="21.11. RADIUS Authentication">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">21.9. Peer Authentication </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 21.11. RADIUS Authentication</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>21.3. Authentication Methods</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" /><link rev="made" href="pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /><link rel="prev" href="auth-username-maps.html" title="21.2. User Name Maps" /><link rel="next" href="auth-trust.html" title="21.4. Trust Authentication" /></head><body id="docContent" class="container-fluid col-10"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="5" align="center">21.3. Authentication Methods</th></tr><tr><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="auth-username-maps.html" title="21.2. User Name Maps">Prev</a> </td><td width="10%" align="left"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 21. Client Authentication</th><td width="10%" align="right"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="10%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-trust.html" title="21.4. Trust Authentication">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="sect1" id="AUTH-METHODS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">21.3. Authentication Methods <a href="#AUTH-METHODS" class="id_link">#</a></h2></div></div></div><p>
3
+ <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> provides various methods for
4
+ authenticating users:
5
+
6
+ </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
7
+ <a class="link" href="auth-trust.html" title="21.4. Trust Authentication">Trust authentication</a>, which
8
+ simply trusts that users are who they say they are.
9
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
10
+ <a class="link" href="auth-password.html" title="21.5. Password Authentication">Password authentication</a>, which
11
+ requires that users send a password.
12
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
13
+ <a class="link" href="gssapi-auth.html" title="21.6. GSSAPI Authentication">GSSAPI authentication</a>, which
14
+ relies on a GSSAPI-compatible security library. Typically this is
15
+ used to access an authentication server such as a Kerberos or
16
+ Microsoft Active Directory server.
17
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
18
+ <a class="link" href="sspi-auth.html" title="21.7. SSPI Authentication">SSPI authentication</a>, which
19
+ uses a Windows-specific protocol similar to GSSAPI.
20
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
21
+ <a class="link" href="auth-ident.html" title="21.8. Ident Authentication">Ident authentication</a>, which
22
+ relies on an <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Identification Protocol</span>”</span>
23
+ (<a class="ulink" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1413" target="_top">RFC 1413</a>)
24
+ service on the client's machine. (On local Unix-socket connections,
25
+ this is treated as peer authentication.)
26
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
27
+ <a class="link" href="auth-peer.html" title="21.9. Peer Authentication">Peer authentication</a>, which
28
+ relies on operating system facilities to identify the process at the
29
+ other end of a local connection. This is not supported for remote
30
+ connections.
31
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
32
+ <a class="link" href="auth-ldap.html" title="21.10. LDAP Authentication">LDAP authentication</a>, which
33
+ relies on an LDAP authentication server.
34
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
35
+ <a class="link" href="auth-radius.html" title="21.11. RADIUS Authentication">RADIUS authentication</a>, which
36
+ relies on a RADIUS authentication server.
37
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
38
+ <a class="link" href="auth-cert.html" title="21.12. Certificate Authentication">Certificate authentication</a>, which
39
+ requires an SSL connection and authenticates users by checking the
40
+ SSL certificate they send.
41
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
42
+ <a class="link" href="auth-pam.html" title="21.13. PAM Authentication">PAM authentication</a>, which
43
+ relies on a PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) library.
44
+ </p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
45
+ <a class="link" href="auth-bsd.html" title="21.14. BSD Authentication">BSD authentication</a>, which
46
+ relies on the BSD Authentication framework (currently available
47
+ only on OpenBSD).
48
+ </p></li></ul></div><p>
49
+ </p><p>
50
+ Peer authentication is usually recommendable for local connections,
51
+ though trust authentication might be sufficient in some circumstances.
52
+ Password authentication is the easiest choice for remote connections.
53
+ All the other options require some kind of external security
54
+ infrastructure (usually an authentication server or a certificate
55
+ authority for issuing SSL certificates), or are platform-specific.
56
+ </p><p>
57
+ The following sections describe each of these authentication methods
58
+ in more detail.
59
+ </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="auth-username-maps.html" title="21.2. User Name Maps">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-trust.html" title="21.4. Trust Authentication">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">21.2. User Name Maps </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 21.4. Trust Authentication</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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3
+ This authentication method operates similarly to
4
+ <code class="literal">password</code> except that it uses PAM (Pluggable
5
+ Authentication Modules) as the authentication mechanism. The
6
+ default PAM service name is <code class="literal">postgresql</code>.
7
+ PAM is used only to validate user name/password pairs and optionally the
8
+ connected remote host name or IP address. Therefore the user must already
9
+ exist in the database before PAM can be used for authentication. For more
10
+ information about PAM, please read the
11
+ <a class="ulink" href="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/" target="_top">
12
+ <span class="productname">Linux-PAM</span> Page</a>.
13
+ </p><p>
14
+ The following configuration options are supported for PAM:
15
+ </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">pamservice</code></span></dt><dd><p>
16
+ PAM service name.
17
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">pam_use_hostname</code></span></dt><dd><p>
18
+ Determines whether the remote IP address or the host name is provided
19
+ to PAM modules through the <code class="symbol">PAM_RHOST</code> item. By
20
+ default, the IP address is used. Set this option to 1 to use the
21
+ resolved host name instead. Host name resolution can lead to login
22
+ delays. (Most PAM configurations don't use this information, so it is
23
+ only necessary to consider this setting if a PAM configuration was
24
+ specifically created to make use of it.)
25
+ </p></dd></dl></div><p>
26
+ </p><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
27
+ If PAM is set up to read <code class="filename">/etc/shadow</code>, authentication
28
+ will fail because the PostgreSQL server is started by a non-root
29
+ user. However, this is not an issue when PAM is configured to use
30
+ LDAP or other authentication methods.
31
+ </p></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="auth-cert.html" title="21.12. Certificate Authentication">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="client-authentication.html" title="Chapter 21. Client Authentication">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="auth-bsd.html" title="21.14. BSD Authentication">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">21.12. Certificate Authentication </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html" title="PostgreSQL 16.3 Documentation">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 21.14. BSD Authentication</td></tr></table></div></body></html>