Database Reference
In-Depth Information
7
Database
Administration
In this chapter, we will cover the following:
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Writing a script that either all succeeds or all fails
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Writing a psql script that exits on first error
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Performing actions on many tables
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Adding/removing columns on tables
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Changing data type of a column
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Adding/removing schemas
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Moving objects between schemas
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Adding/removing tablespaces
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Moving objects between tablespaces
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Accessing objects in other PostgreSQL databases
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Making views updateable
Introduction
The
Tables
&
Data
chapter spent time looking at the contents of tables and various
complexities. Now, we turn our attention to larger administration tasks that we will need to
perform from time-to-time such as creating, moving things around, storing things neatly, and
removing them when they're no longer required.
