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PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet

Queries psql
SELECT name, price FROM Parts psql -h hostname -U username db-name
WHERE id=123 OR quantity>0
ORDER BY name DESC; \d -- list tables, views, seqs
\c other-db -- connect to another db
-- Average price for each vendor:
SELECT vendor_id, avg(price) from Parts -- Send query results to a file:
GROUP BY vendor_id; \copy (SELECT 2+2) TO '/tmp/outfile'

-- Average price for certain vendors: -- Read commands from a file:


SELECT vendor_id, avg(price) from Parts \i /path/to/file.sql
WHERE vendor_id IN (1, 2)
GROUP BY vendor_id; \? -- list all commands

SELECT max(price), min(price) FROM Parts; Transactions


SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Parts; BEGIN TRANSACTION;
SELECT * FROM Parts WHERE name LIKE 'Grey%'; -- do stuff
COMMIT;
-- or --
ROLLBACK;
Joins
SELECT parts.name, parts.price, vendor.name JSON
as VendorName SELECT id, name, attributes->'frob'
FROM parts, vendors FROM parts
WHERE parts.vendor_id = vendors.id WHERE attributes @> '{"usefulness" :
ORDER BY VendorName, parts.name; "high"}';

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PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet
Tables Common Data Types
CREATE TABLE Vendors ( INTEGER, BIGINT - signed 4/8 byte integers
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, SERIAL, BIGSERIAL - auto-incrementing integers
name TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL); UUID - universally unique identifier

REAL, DOUBLE - floating point number


CREATE TABLE Parts ( NUMERIC - fixed point number - for money
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
name TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
quantity INTEGER, DATE - month, day, year
price NUMERIC, TIME - time of day
attributes JSONB, INTERVAL - timespan
vendor_id INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE - time + date
vendors(id),
createdAt TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL TEXT - variable length string
DEFAULT now()); VARCHAR(x) - variable length up to x
CHARACTER(x) - fixed x-length string
JSONB - compressed JSON data
ALTER TABLE Parts ADD COLUMN description TEXT;
ALTER TABLE Parts RENAME COLUMN description TO Insert, Update, Delete
descr; INSERT INTO Vendors (Name) VALUES ('A Vendor');
ALTER TABLE Parts DROP COLUMN descr; INSERT INTO Vendors (Name) VALUES ('Other
Vendor');
ALTER TABLE Parts ALTER COLUMN quantity SET NOT
NULL; INSERT INTO Parts (name, quantity, price,
attributes,vendor_id) VALUES ('Grey Widget', 12,
ALTER TABLE Parts RENAME TO PartsTable; 1.23,'{"frob":12,"usefulness":"high"}',(SELECT ID
FROM vendors WHERE name='A Vendor'));

DROP TABLE Parts; UPDATE Vendors SET name='A Vendor, Inc.'


WHERE NAME='A Vendor';

DELETE FROM Parts WHERE name='Grey Widget';

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