PostgreSQL CREATE TABLE

Research query: PostgreSQL CREATE TABLE · jobs: 2 · on-topic sources: 2 · review: Thin

Overview

Documentation → PostgreSQL 16 Supported Versions: Current (18) / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 Development Versions: 19 / devel Unsupported versions: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9.6 / 9.5 / 9.4 / 9.3 / 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.4 / 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.0 / 7.4 / 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1 CREATE TABLE Prev Up SQL Commands Home Next CREATE TABLE CREATE TABLE — define a new table Synopsis CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] table_name ( [ { column_name data_type [ STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN | DEFAULT } ] [ COMPRESSION compression_method ] [ COLLATE collation ] [ column_constraint [ ... ] ] | table_constraint | LIKE source_table [ like_option ... ] } [, ... ] ] ) [ INHERITS ( parent_table [, ... ] ) ] [ PARTITION BY { RANGE | LIST | HASH } ( { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass ] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING method ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) | WITHOUT OIDS ] [ ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] table_name OF type_name [ ( { column_name [ WITH OPTIONS ] [ column_constraint [ ... ] ] | table_constraint } [, ... ] ) ] [ PARTITION BY { RANGE | LIST | HASH } ( { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass ] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING method ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) | WITHOUT OIDS ] [ ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] table_name PARTITION OF parent_table [ ( { column_name [ WITH OPTIONS ] [ column_constraint [ ... ] ] | table_constraint } [, ... ] ) ] { FOR VALUES partition_bound_spec | DEFAULT } [ PARTITION BY { RANGE | LIST | HASH } ( { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass ] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING method ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) | WITHOUT OIDS ] [ ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] where column_constraint is: [ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ] { NOT NULL | NULL | CHECK ( expression ) [ NO INHERIT ] | DEFAULT default_expr | GENERATED ALWAYS AS ( generation_expr ) STORED | GENERATED { ALWAYS | BY DEFAULT } AS IDENTITY [ ( sequence_options ) ] | UNIQUE [ NULLS [ NOT ] DISTINCT ] index_parameters | PRIMARY KEY index_parameters | REFERENCES reftable [ ( refcolumn ) ] [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL | MATCH SIMPLE ] [ ON DELETE referential_action ] [ ON UPDATE referential_action ] } [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ] and table_constraint is: [ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ] { CHECK ( expression ) [ NO INHERIT ] | UNIQUE [ NULLS [ NOT ] DISTINCT ] ( column_name [, ... ] ) index_parameters | PRIMARY KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) index_parameters | EXCLUDE [ USING index_method ] ( exclude_element WITH operator [, ... ] ) index_parameters [ WHERE ( predicate ) ] | FOREIGN KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) REFERENCES reftable [ ( refcolumn [, ... ] ) ] [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL | MATCH SIMPLE ] [ ON DELETE referential_action ] [ ON UPDATE referential_action ] } [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ] and like_option is: { INCLUDING | EXCLUDING } { COMMENTS | COMPRESSION | CONSTRAINTS | DEFAULTS | GENERATED | IDENTITY | INDEXES | STATISTICS | STORAGE | ALL } and partition_bound_spec is: IN ( partition_bound_expr [, ...] ) | FROM ( { partition_bound_expr | MINVALUE | MAXVALUE } [, ...] ) TO ( { partition_bound_expr | MINVALUE | MAXVALUE } [, ...] ) | WITH ( MODULUS numeric_literal, REMAINDER numeric_literal ) index_parameters in UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY, and EXCLUDE constraints are: [ INCLUDE ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING INDEX TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] exclude_element in an EXCLUDE constraint is: { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass [ ( opclass_parameter = value [, ... ] ) ] ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] referential_action in a FOREIGN KEY/REFERENCES constraint is: { NO ACTION | RESTRICT | CASCADE | SET NULL [ ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] | SET DEFAULT [ ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] } Description CREATE TABLE will create a new, initially empty table in the current database. — PostgreSQL: Documentation: 16: CREATE TABLE (2026)

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PostgreSQL: Documentation: 16: CREATE TABLE (2026)

PostgreSQL: Documentation: 16: CREATE TABLE October 15, 2026: PostgreSQL 19 RC 1 Released! — source

Zero-Column Tables PostgreSQL allows a table of no columns to be created (for example, CREATE TABLE foo();). — source

Documentation → PostgreSQL 16 Supported Versions: Current (18) / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 Development Versions: 19 / devel Unsupported versions: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9.6 / 9.5 / 9.4 / 9.3 / 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.4 / 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.0 / 7.4 / 7.3 / 7.2 / 7.1 CREATE TABLE Prev Up SQL Commands Home Next CREATE TABLE CREATE TABLE — define a new table Synopsis CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] table_name ( [ { column_name data_type [ STORAGE { PLAIN | EXTERNAL | EXTENDED | MAIN | DEFAULT } ] [ COMPRESSION compression_method ] [ COLLATE collation ] [ column_constraint [ ... ] ] | table_constraint | LIKE source_table [ like_option ... ] } [, ... ] ] ) [ INHERITS ( parent_table [, ... ] ) ] [ PARTITION BY { RANGE | LIST | HASH } ( { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass ] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING method ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) | WITHOUT OIDS ] [ ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] table_name OF type_name [ ( { column_name [ WITH OPTIONS ] [ column_constraint [ ... ] ] | table_constraint } [, ... ] ) ] [ PARTITION BY { RANGE | LIST | HASH } ( { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass ] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING method ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) | WITHOUT OIDS ] [ ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] table_name PARTITION OF parent_table [ ( { column_name [ WITH OPTIONS ] [ column_constraint [ ... ] ] | table_constraint } [, ... ] ) ] { FOR VALUES partition_bound_spec | DEFAULT } [ PARTITION BY { RANGE | LIST | HASH } ( { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass ] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING method ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) | WITHOUT OIDS ] [ ON COMMIT { PRESERVE ROWS | DELETE ROWS | DROP } ] [ TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] where column_constraint is: [ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ] { NOT NULL | NULL | CHECK ( expression ) [ NO INHERIT ] | DEFAULT default_expr | GENERATED ALWAYS AS ( generation_expr ) STORED | GENERATED { ALWAYS | BY DEFAULT } AS IDENTITY [ ( sequence_options ) ] | UNIQUE [ NULLS [ NOT ] DISTINCT ] index_parameters | PRIMARY KEY index_parameters | REFERENCES reftable [ ( refcolumn ) ] [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL | MATCH SIMPLE ] [ ON DELETE referential_action ] [ ON UPDATE referential_action ] } [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ] and table_constraint is: [ CONSTRAINT constraint_name ] { CHECK ( expression ) [ NO INHERIT ] | UNIQUE [ NULLS [ NOT ] DISTINCT ] ( column_name [, ... ] ) index_parameters | PRIMARY KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) index_parameters | EXCLUDE [ USING index_method ] ( exclude_element WITH operator [, ... ] ) index_parameters [ WHERE ( predicate ) ] | FOREIGN KEY ( column_name [, ... ] ) REFERENCES reftable [ ( refcolumn [, ... ] ) ] [ MATCH FULL | MATCH PARTIAL | MATCH SIMPLE ] [ ON DELETE referential_action ] [ ON UPDATE referential_action ] } [ DEFERRABLE | NOT DEFERRABLE ] [ INITIALLY DEFERRED | INITIALLY IMMEDIATE ] and like_option is: { INCLUDING | EXCLUDING } { COMMENTS | COMPRESSION | CONSTRAINTS | DEFAULTS | GENERATED | IDENTITY | INDEXES | STATISTICS | STORAGE | ALL } and partition_bound_spec is: IN ( partition_bound_expr [, ...] ) | FROM ( { partition_bound_expr | MINVALUE | MAXVALUE } [, ...] ) TO ( { partition_bound_expr | MINVALUE | MAXVALUE } [, ...] ) | WITH ( MODULUS numeric_literal, REMAINDER numeric_literal ) index_parameters in UNIQUE, PRIMARY KEY, and EXCLUDE constraints are: [ INCLUDE ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] [ WITH ( storage_parameter [= value] [, ... ] ) ] [ USING INDEX TABLESPACE tablespace_name ] exclude_element in an EXCLUDE constraint is: { column_name | ( expression ) } [ COLLATE collation ] [ opclass [ ( opclass_parameter = value [, ... ] ) ] ] [ ASC | DESC ] [ NULLS { FIRST | LAST } ] referential_action in a FOREIGN KEY/REFERENCES constraint is: { NO ACTION | RESTRICT | CASCADE | SET NULL [ ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] | SET DEFAULT [ ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] } Description CREATE TABLE will create a new, initially empty table in the current database. — source

Review

Status Thin. Verified claims 3. On-topic sources 1 (reused 1). Dropped 0 collector hit(s) and 0 off-topic local claim(s). Conflicts 0. Coverage: postgresql, create, table.

Map

Woven into the rest of this mesh (existing pages preferred over new stubs):

• Postgres select statement (PGSQL) for NSR — shared source · shared claim (weight 14)
• PostgreSQL CREATE INDEX — shared label · topic overlap (weight 10)
• PostgreSQL ALTER TABLE — shared label · topic overlap (weight 8)
• PostgreSQL BEGIN — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL COPY — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL DELETE — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL EXPLAIN — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL functions — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL GRANT — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL INSERT — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL JSON — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• PostgreSQL UPDATE — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)
• pthread create — shared label · topic overlap (weight 5)

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Sealed job 3ed9a992cda2277ec3211986b16e7a8b. Shards: agent.scout. Dropped 0 off-topic collector hit(s) and 0 off-topic local claim(s). Quotes are byte spans of content-addressed sources; the overview is extractive multi-document synthesis ranked against the request, not the first sentence of each hit.