PostgreSQL Client Applications#

PostgreSQL Client Applications

PostgreSQL Client Applications


This part contains reference information for Tantor Certified client applications and utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility; some might require special privileges. The common feature of these applications is that they can be run on any host, independent of where the database server resides.

When specified on the command line, user and database names have their case preserved — the presence of spaces or special characters might require quoting. Table names and other identifiers do not have their case preserved, except where documented, and might require quoting.

Table of Contents

clusterdb — cluster a Tantor Certified database
createdb — create a new Tantor Certified database
createuser — define a new Tantor Certified user account
dropdb — remove a Tantor Certified database
dropuser — remove a Tantor Certified user account
ecpg — embedded SQL C preprocessor
pg_amcheck — checks for corruption in one or more Tantor Certified databases
pg_basebackup — take a base backup of a Tantor Certified cluster
pgbench — run a benchmark test on Tantor Certified
pg_config — retrieve information about the installed version of Tantor Certified
pg_dump — extract a Tantor Certified database into a script file or other archive file
pg_dumpall — extract a Tantor Certified database cluster into a script file
pg_isready — check the connection status of a Tantor Certified server
pg_receivewal — stream write-ahead logs from a Tantor Certified server
pg_recvlogical — control Tantor Certified logical decoding streams
pg_restore — restore a Tantor Certified database from an archive file created by pg_dump
pg_verifybackup — verify the integrity of a base backup of a Tantor Certified cluster
psqlTantor Certified interactive terminal
reindexdb — reindex a Tantor Certified database
vacuumdb — garbage-collect and analyze a Tantor Certified database