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SQL COMMANDS / ROLES & PRIVILEGES

CREATE USER

Read PG 18 manual ↗

define a new database role

Syntax

CREATE USER 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
Syntax diagrams

Read left to right. Branches are choices, bypasses are optional, loops repeat. Select an underlined parameter to open its rule.

CREATE USER name WITH option
option
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

Description

CREATE USER is now an alias for CREATE ROLE. The only difference is that when the command is spelled CREATE USER, LOGIN is assumed by default, whereas NOLOGIN is assumed when the command is spelled CREATE ROLE.

Compatibility

The CREATE USER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to the implementation.

See Also

CREATE ROLE
Version history 2
  1. PG 18 → 19changed
  2. PG 10 → 11changed

Related entries

CREATE ROLE →

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.700916+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source