practical-sql-2/Chapter_18/psql_commands.txt
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-- Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data, 2nd Edition
-- by Anthony DeBarros
-- Chapter 18 Code Examples
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-- Connecting psql to a database on a local server
psql -d [database name] -U [username]
psql -d analysis -U postgres
-- Connecting psql to a database on a remote server
psql -d [database name] -U [username] -h [host name]
psql -d analysis -U postgres -h example.com
-- Listing 18-1: Entering a single-line query in psql
-- Enter this at the psql prompt:
SELECT county_name FROM us_counties_pop_est_2019 ORDER BY county_name LIMIT 3;
-- Listing 18-2: Entering a multi-line query in psql
-- Type each line separately, followed by Enter
SELECT county_name
FROM us_counties_pop_est_2019
ORDER BY county_name
LIMIT 3;
-- Listing 18-3: Showing open parentheses in the psql prompt
CREATE TABLE wineries (
id bigint,
winery_name text
);
-- Listing 18-4: A query with scrolling results
SELECT county_name FROM us_counties_pop_est_2019 ORDER BY county_name;
-- Listings 18-5 and 18-6: Normal and expanded displays of results
-- Use \x to toggle expanded on/off
SELECT * FROM grades ORDER BY student_id, course_id;
-- Listing 18-7: Importing data using \copy
DROP TABLE state_regions;
CREATE TABLE state_regions (
st varchar(2) CONSTRAINT st_key PRIMARY KEY,
region varchar(20) NOT NULL
);
\copy state_regions FROM 'C:\YourDirectory\state_regions.csv' WITH (FORMAT CSV, HEADER);
-- Listing 18-8: Saving query output to a file
-- Enter psql settings
\a \f , \pset footer
-- This will be the query
SELECT * FROM grades;
-- Set psql to output results
-- Note that Windows users must suppply forward slashes for
-- this command, which is opposite of normal use.
\o 'C:/YourDirectory/query_output.csv'
-- Run the query and output
SELECT * FROM grades;
-- createdb: Create a database named box_office
createdb -U postgres -e box_office
-- Changing user and database name
\c [database name] [user name]
\c gis_analysis postgres
-- Loading shapefiles into PostgreSQL
-- For the US Census county shapefile in Chapter 14:
shp2pgsql -I -s 4269 -W Latin1 tl_2010_us_county10.shp us_counties_2010_shp | psql -d gis_analysis -U postgres
-- For the Santa Fe roads and waterways shapfiles in Chapter 14:
shp2pgsql -I -s 4269 tl_2016_35049_roads.shp santafe_roads_2016 | psql -d gis_analysis -U postgres
shp2pgsql -I -s 4269 tl_2016_35049_linearwater.shp santafe_linearwater_2016 | psql -d gis_analysis -U postgres