CREATE GROUP

Defines a new database role.

Synopsis

CREATE GROUP name [ [WITH] option [ ... ] ]

where option can be:

      SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
    | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
    | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
    | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
    | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
    | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
    | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
    | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp' 
    | IN ROLE rolename [, ...]
    | IN GROUP rolename [, ...]
    | ROLE rolename [, ...]
    | ADMIN rolename [, ...]
    | USER rolename [, ...]
    | SYSID uid

Description

As of Greenplum Database release 2.2, CREATE GROUP has been replaced by CREATE ROLE, although it is still accepted for backwards compatibility.

Compatibility

There is no CREATE GROUP statement in the SQL standard.

See Also

CREATE ROLE