CREATE_USER - define a new database role
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Compatibility
The CREATEUSER statement is a PostgreSQL extension. The SQL standard leaves the definition of users to
the implementation.
Description
CREATEUSER is now an alias for CREATEROLE. The only difference is that when the command is spelled
CREATEUSER, LOGIN is assumed by default, whereas NOLOGIN is assumed when the command is spelled CREATEROLE.
Name
CREATE_USER - define a new database role
See Also
CREATE ROLE (CREATE_ROLE(7))
PostgreSQL 17.5 2025 CREATEUSER(7)
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