PostgreSQL
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DSpace uses the PostgreSQL database by default.
Common Commands
- \c [name]
- Connect to a database (like "dspace")
- \d [name]
- Describes the format of a table, view, sequence, etc.
- \dt
- List all tables in the database
- \h
- help with postgres
- \q
- quit
- \?
- help with sql
Postgres configuration
On the NCSU servers:
- binaries /usr/pgsql-9.0
- data /var/lib/pgsql/9.0/data
- automatic backups in /var/lib/pgsql/9.0/backups/
- To use the postgres account in the database, must be logged in to the postgres account in the shell, then just run 'pgsql'
- To be sure to stop postgres, login to the postgres shell account and run /usr/pgsql-9.5/bin/pg_ctl stop -D /var/lib/pgsql/9.5/data
