CREATE USER(7) PostgreSQL 18.6 Documentation CREATE USER(7) NAME CREATE_USER - define a new database role SYNOPSIS 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 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 (CREATE_ROLE(7)) PostgreSQL 18.6 2026 CREATE USER(7)
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