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>create 
     [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
>bootstrap</SPAN
>]
     [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
>shared_relation</SPAN
>]
     [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
>without_oids</SPAN
>]
     <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
>
     (<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name1</I
></TT
> =
     <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>type1</I
></TT
> [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
>,
     <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name2</I
></TT
> = <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>type2</I
></TT
>, ...</SPAN
>])</DT
><DD
><P
>      Create a table named <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
> with the columns given
      in parentheses.
     </P
><P
>      The following column types are supported directly by
      <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>bootstrap.c</TT
>: <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>bool</TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>bytea</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>char</TT
> (1 byte),
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>name</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>int2</TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>int4</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>regproc</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>regclass</TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>regtype</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>text</TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>oid</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>tid</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>xid</TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>cid</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>int2vector</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>oidvector</TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>_int4</TT
> (array), <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>_text</TT
> (array),
      <TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>_aclitem</TT
> (array).  Although it is possible to create
      tables containing columns of other types, this cannot be done until
      after <TT
CLASS="STRUCTNAME"
>pg_type</TT
> has been created and filled with
      appropriate entries.
     </P
><P
>      When <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>bootstrap</TT
> is specified,
      the table will only be created on disk; nothing is entered into
      <TT
CLASS="STRUCTNAME"
>pg_class</TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="STRUCTNAME"
>pg_attribute</TT
>, etc, for it.  Thus the
      table will not be accessible by ordinary SQL operations until
      such entries are made the hard way (with <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>insert</TT
>
      commands).  This option is used for creating
      <TT
CLASS="STRUCTNAME"
>pg_class</TT
> etc themselves.
     </P
><P
>      The table is created as shared if <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>shared_relation</TT
> is
      specified.
      It will have OIDs unless <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>without_oids</TT
> is specified.
     </P
></DD
><DT
>open <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>      Open the table called
      <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
>
      for further manipulation.
     </P
></DD
><DT
>close [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
></SPAN
>]</DT
><DD
><P
>      Close the open table called <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
>.  It is an error if
      <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
> is not
      already opened.  If no <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
> is given, then the
      currently open table is closed.
     </P
></DD
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>insert [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
>OID = <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>oid_value</I
></TT
></SPAN
>] (<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>value1</I
></TT
> <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>value2</I
></TT
> ...)</DT
><DD
><P
>      Insert a new row into the open table using <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>value1</I
></TT
>, <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>value2</I
></TT
>, etc., for its column
      values and <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>oid_value</I
></TT
> for its OID.  If
      <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>oid_value</I
></TT
> is zero
      (0) or the clause is omitted, then the next available OID is
      used.
     </P
><P
>      NULL values can be specified using the special key word
      <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>_null_</TT
>.  Values containing spaces must be
      double quoted.
     </P
></DD
><DT
>declare [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
>unique</SPAN
>] index <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>indexname</I
></TT
> on <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
> using <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>amname</I
></TT
> (<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>opclass1</I
></TT
> <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name1</I
></TT
> [<SPAN
CLASS="OPTIONAL"
>, ...</SPAN
>])</DT
><DD
><P
>      Create an index named <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>indexname</I
></TT
> on the table named
      <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>tablename</I
></TT
> using the
      <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>amname</I
></TT
> access
      method.  The fields to index are called <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name1</I
></TT
>, <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name2</I
></TT
> etc., and the operator
      classes to use are <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>opclass1</I
></TT
>, <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>opclass2</I
></TT
> etc., respectively.
      The index file is created and appropriate catalog entries are
      made for it, but the index contents are not initialized by this command.
     </P
></DD
><DT
>build indices</DT
><DD
><P
>      Fill in the indices that have previously been declared.
     </P
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