CREATE USER
Name
CREATE USER -- define a new database role
Synopsis
CREATE USER
name
[ [ WITH ]
option
[ ... ] ]
where
option
can be:
SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
| CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
| CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
| CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
| INHERIT | NOINHERIT
| LOGIN | NOLOGIN
| CONNECTION LIMIT
connlimit
| [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD '
password
'
| VALID UNTIL '
timestamp
'
| IN ROLE
rolename
[, ...]
| IN GROUP
rolename
[, ...]
| ROLE
rolename
[, ...]
| ADMIN
rolename
[, ...]
| USER
rolename
[, ...]
| SYSID
uid
Description
CREATE USER is now an alias for
CREATE ROLE
, which see for more information. The only difference is that when the command is spelled CREATE USER, LOGIN is assumed by default, whereas NOLOGIN is assumed when the command is spelled CREATE ROLE.
Compatibility
The CREATE USER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
