The PostgreSQL Global Development Group &legal; The entries in this Reference Manual are meant to provide in reasonable length an authoritative, complete, and formal summary about their respective subjects. More information about the use of PostgreSQL, in narrative, tutorial, or example form, may be found in other parts of the PostgreSQL documentation set. See the cross-references listed on each reference page. The Reference Manual entries are also available as traditional man pages. This part contains reference information for the SQL commands supported by PostgreSQL. By SQL the language in general is meant; information about the standards conformance and compatibility of each command can be found on the respective reference page. &abort; &alterDatabase; &alterDomain; &alterGroup; &alterSequence; &alterTable; &alterTrigger; &alterUser; &analyze; &begin; &checkpoint; &close; &cluster; &commentOn; &commit; ©Table; &createAggregate; &createCast; &createConstraint; &createConversion; &createDatabase; &createDomain; &createFunction; &createGroup; &createIndex; &createLanguage; &createOperator; &createOperatorClass; &createRule; &createSchema; &createSequence; &createTable; &createTableAs; &createTrigger; &createType; &createUser; &createView; &deallocate; &declare; &delete; &dropAggregate; &dropCast; &dropConversion; &dropDatabase; &dropDomain; &dropFunction; &dropGroup; &dropIndex; &dropLanguage; &dropOperator; &dropOperatorClass; &dropRule; &dropSchema; &dropSequence; &dropTable; &dropTrigger; &dropType; &dropUser; &dropView; &end; &execute; &explain; &fetch; &grant; &insert; &listen; &load; &lock; &move; ¬ify; &prepare; &reindex; &reset; &revoke; &rollback; &select; &selectInto; &set; &setConstraints; &setSessionAuth; &setTransaction; &show; &startTransaction; &truncate; &unlisten; &update; &vacuum; This part contains reference information for PostgreSQL client applications and utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility, some may 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. &clusterdb; &createdb; &createlang; &createuser; &dropdb; &droplang; &dropuser; &ecpgRef; &pgConfig; &pgDump; &pgDumpall; &pgRestore; &pgTclSh; &pgTkSh; &psqlRef; &vacuumdb; This part contains reference information for PostgreSQL server applications and support utilities. These commands can only be run usefully on the host where the database server resides. Other utility programs are listed in . &initdb; &initlocation; &ipcclean; &pgControldata; &pgCtl; &pgResetxlog; &postgres; &postmaster;