Download and install Postgres
- Download Postgres from the Download Site
- For the Mac, download the Postgres App
Edit the Path Variable
On a Mac
Open a Terminal Session
Add the following line to your .profile
export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/
run your .profile
. ./.profile
Start the Postgres Database by clicking the Postgres app
Create a Database
psql
# create database mydb;
CREATE DATABASE
#\q
psql mydb
# create table person( personId serial, name varchar(30), age integer, height decimal (4,2) );
NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence “person_personid_seq” for serial column “person.personid”
# insert into person (name,age,height) values (‘John Dunning’,21,1.8);
INSERT 0 1
# select * from person;
personid | name | age | height
———-+————–+—–+——–
1 | John Dunning | 21 | 1.80
(1 row)
# create user john with password ‘secret’;
CREATE ROLE
# grant all on person to john;
GRANT
#\q