CREATE_GROUP(7)

CREATE_GROUP7

Define a new database role

Usage

CREATE GROUP name [ [ WITH ] option [ ... ] ]
where option can be:
      SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
    | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
    | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
    | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
    | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
    | REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
    | BYPASSRLS | NOBYPASSRLS
    | CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
    | [ ENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password' | PASSWORD NULL
    | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'
    | IN ROLE role_name [, ...]
    | IN GROUP role_name [, ...]
    | ROLE role_name [, ...]
    | ADMIN role_name [, ...]
    | USER role_name [, ...]
    | SYSID uid

Overview

CREATE GROUP is now an alias for CREATE ROLE (CREATE_ROLE(7)).

Compatibility

There is no CREATE GROUP statement in the SQL standard.

From postgresql 18.6-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.