PSQL ---- ### Author: Mauricio Esguerra ### Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020 ### Update: Wednesday, November 9, 2020 1. Basic Commands \l list databases \c dbname connect (select) database \dt once connected to db shows tables of db SELECT * FROM protein LIMIT 10; show first ten columns of data in table protein SELECT pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size('mydbname')); show database size delete from protein; delete all values in table protein \du list all users \q quit 2. General To access postgres as root: sudo -u postgres -i psql To restore a database dump: psql -U dbuser -h localhost mydbname < dbdump.sql Note that to restore a database dump in parallel a couple of special requirements are needed. - Can only be done with pg_restore - pg_dump has to be used to create the dump, and it has to be a directory dump using the -f flag. - The versions of pg_dump and pg_restore must coincide. LINKS: ------ https://www.postgresqltutorial.com/postgresql-cheat-sheet/