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Sequences and views could previously be renamed using ALTER TABLE, but this was a repeated source of confusion for users. Update the docs, and psql tab completion. Patch from David Fetter; various minor fixes by myself.
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<title>Reference</title>
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<partintro>
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<para>
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The entries in this Reference are meant to provide in reasonable
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length an authoritative, complete, and formal summary about their
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respective subjects. More information about the use of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, in narrative, tutorial, or
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example form, can be found in other parts of this book. See the
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cross-references listed on each reference page.
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<para>
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<reference id="sql-commands">
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<title>SQL Commands</title>
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<partintro>
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<para>
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This part contains reference information for the
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<acronym>SQL</acronym> commands supported by
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. By <quote>SQL</quote> the
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language in general is meant; information about the standards
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conformance and compatibility of each command can be found on the
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respective reference page.
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</partintro>
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&abort;
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&alterAggregate;
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&alterConversion;
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&alterDatabase;
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&alterDomain;
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&alterFunction;
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&alterGroup;
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&alterIndex;
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&alterLanguage;
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&alterOperator;
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&alterOperatorClass;
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&alterOperatorFamily;
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&alterRole;
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&alterSchema;
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&alterSequence;
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&alterTable;
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&alterTableSpace;
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&alterTrigger;
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&alterType;
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&alterUser;
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&alterView;
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&analyze;
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&begin;
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&checkpoint;
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&close;
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&cluster;
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&commentOn;
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&commit;
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&commitPrepared;
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©Table;
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&createAggregate;
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&createCast;
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&createConstraint;
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&createConversion;
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&createDatabase;
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&createDomain;
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&createFunction;
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&createGroup;
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&createIndex;
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&createLanguage;
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&createOperator;
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&createOperatorClass;
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&createOperatorFamily;
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&createRole;
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&createRule;
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&createSchema;
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&createSequence;
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&createTable;
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&createTableAs;
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&createTableSpace;
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&createTrigger;
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&createType;
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&createUser;
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&createView;
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&deallocate;
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&declare;
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&delete;
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&discard;
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&dropCast;
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&dropDatabase;
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&dropOwned;
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&dropRole;
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&dropRule;
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&dropSchema;
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&dropSequence;
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&dropTable;
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&dropTableSpace;
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&dropTrigger;
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&dropType;
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&dropUser;
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&dropView;
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&end;
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&execute;
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&explain;
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&fetch;
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&grant;
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&insert;
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&listen;
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&load;
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&lock;
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&move;
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¬ify;
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&prepare;
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&prepareTransaction;
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&reassignOwned;
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&reindex;
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&releaseSavepoint;
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&reset;
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&revoke;
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&rollback;
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&rollbackTo;
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&savepoint;
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&select;
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&selectInto;
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&set;
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&setConstraints;
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&setRole;
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&setSessionAuth;
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&setTransaction;
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&show;
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&startTransaction;
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&truncate;
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&unlisten;
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&update;
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&vacuum;
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&values;
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</reference>
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<reference id="reference-client">
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<title>PostgreSQL Client Applications</title>
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<partintro>
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<para>
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This part contains reference information for
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> client applications and
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utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility, some
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might require special privileges. The common feature of these
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applications is that they can be run on any host, independent of
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where the database server resides.
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</para>
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</partintro>
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&clusterdb;
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&createdb;
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&createlang;
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&createuser;
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&dropdb;
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&droplang;
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&dropuser;
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&ecpgRef;
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&pgConfig;
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&pgDump;
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&pgDumpall;
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&pgRestore;
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&psqlRef;
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&reindexdb;
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&vacuumdb;
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</reference>
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<title>PostgreSQL Server Applications</title>
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<para>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server applications and
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support utilities. These commands can only be run usefully on the
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host where the database server resides. Other utility programs
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are listed in <xref linkend="reference-client">.
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</para>
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</partintro>
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&initdb;
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&ipcclean;
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&pgControldata;
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&pgCtl;
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&pgResetxlog;
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&postgres;
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&postmaster;
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</reference>
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