PostgreSQL – SQL commands

List of some useful PostgreSQL commands in SQL queries.

How to add a column in the correct place:

alter table tablename rename to oldtable;
create table tablename (column defs go here);
insert into tablename (col1, col2, col3) select col1, col2, col3 from oldtable;

How to add a column to the end:

ALTER TABLE portfolio ADD COLUMN price_diff_open_current FLOAT NULL;

Rename the table:

alter table portfolio rename column lots to quantity;

Update the entire column with one value:

UPDATE operations SET user_id = ‘1’

Rename the database:

alter database “stocks” rename to “captures”;

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