diff --git a/cheat/cheatsheets/psql b/cheat/cheatsheets/psql new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89a545a --- /dev/null +++ b/cheat/cheatsheets/psql @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# psql is the PostgreSQL terminal interface. The following commands were tested on version 9.5. +# Connection options: +# -U username (if not specified current OS user is used). +# -p port. +# -h server hostname/address. + +# Connect to a specific database: +psql -U postgres -h serverAddress -d dbName + +# Get databases on a server: +psql -U postgres -h serverAddress --list + +# Execute sql query and save output to file: +psql -U postgres -d dbName -c 'select * from tableName;' -o fileName + +# Execute query and get tabular html output: +psql -U postgres -d dbName -H -c 'select * from tableName;' + +# Execute query and save resulting rows to csv file: +psql -U postgres -d dbName -t -A -P fieldsep=',' -c 'select * from tableName;' -o fileName.csv + +# Read commands from file: +psql -f fileName + +# Restore databases from file: +psql -f fileName.backup postgres