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>CREATE GROUP</H1
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><H2
>Name</H2
>CREATE GROUP -- define a new user group</DIV
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>CREATE GROUP <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> [ [ WITH ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>option</I
></TT
> [ ... ] ]
where <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>option</I
></TT
> can be:
SYSID <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>gid</I
></TT
>
| USER <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>username</I
></TT
> [, ...]</PRE
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>Description</H2
><P
> <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE GROUP</TT
> will create a new group of users.
You must be a database superuser to use this command.
</P
><P
> Note that both users and groups are defined at the database cluster
level, and so are valid in all databases in the cluster.
</P
><P
> Use <A
HREF="sql-altergroup.html"
><I
>ALTER GROUP</I
></A
>
to change a group's membership, and <A
HREF="sql-dropgroup.html"
><I
>DROP GROUP</I
></A
> to remove a group.
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>Parameters</H2
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><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
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><DD
><P
> The name of the group.
</P
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><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>gid</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SYSID</TT
> clause can be used to choose
the <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> group ID of the new
group.
This is normally not necessary, but may
be useful if you need to recreate a group referenced in the
permissions of some object.
</P
><P
> If this is not specified, the highest assigned group ID plus one
(with a minimum of 100) will be used as default.
</P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>username</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
> A list of users to include in the group. The users must already exist.
</P
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><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
> Create an empty group:
</P><PRE
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>CREATE GROUP staff;</PRE
><P>
</P
><P
> Create a group with members:
</P><PRE
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>CREATE GROUP marketing WITH USER jonathan, david;</PRE
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>Compatibility</H2
><P
> There is no <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE GROUP</TT
> statement in the SQL
standard. Roles are similar in concept to groups.
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>See Also</H2
><A
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><I
>ALTER GROUP</I
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>, <A
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>DROP GROUP</I
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