Value expressions are used in a variety of contexts, such as in the target list of the SELECT command, as new column values in INSERT or UPDATE, or in search conditions in a number of commands. The ...

ALTER LARGE OBJECT — change the definition of a large object ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW — change the definition of a materialized view ALTER OPERATOR — change the definition of an operator ALTER OPERATOR ...

pg_upgrade (formerly called pg_migrator) allows data stored in PostgreSQL data files to be upgraded to a later PostgreSQL major version without the data dump/restore ...

This section describes the detailed format of each message. Each is marked to indicate that it can be sent by a frontend (F), a backend (B), or both (F & B). Notice that although each message includes ...

CREATE PROCEDURE defines a new procedure. CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE will either create a new procedure, or replace an existing definition. To be able to define a procedure, the user must have the ...

RETURN with an expression terminates the function and returns the value of expression to the caller. This form is used for PL/pgSQL functions that do not return a set. In a function that returns a ...

CREATE TABLE will create a new, initially empty table in the current database. The table will be owned by the user issuing the command. If a schema name is given (for example, CREATE TABLE ...

CREATE VIEW defines a view of a query. The view is not physically materialized. Instead, the query is run every time the view is referenced in a query. CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW is similar, but if a view ...

RETURN with an expression terminates the function and returns the value of expression to the caller. This form is used for PL/pgSQL functions that do not return a set. In a function that returns a ...

7.2.3. The GROUP BY and HAVING Clauses The FROM Clause derives a table from one or more other tables given in a comma-separated table reference list. When a table reference names a table that is the ...

DROP INDEX drops an existing index from the database system. To execute this command you must be the owner of the index. Drop the index without locking out concurrent selects, inserts, updates, and ...

pg_basebackup is used to take base backups of a running PostgreSQL database cluster. These are taken without affecting other clients to the database, and can be used both for point-in-time recovery ...