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FUNCTIONS / SYSTEM INFORMATION FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

Reconstructs the CREATE ROLE statement and any ALTER ROLE ...

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pg_get_role_ddl ( role regrole [, pretty boolean DEFAULT false] [, memberships boolean DEFAULT true] ) → setof text
Reconstructs the CREATE ROLE statement and any ALTER ROLE ... SET statements for the given role. Each statement is returned as a separate row. Password information is never included in the output. When pretty is true, the output is pretty-printed. When memberships is false, GRANT statements for role memberships are omitted.
Version history 1
  1. PG 18 → 19added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source