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CREATE GROUP(7)                    PostgreSQL 16.14 Documentation                    CREATE GROUP(7)

NAME
       CREATE_GROUP - define a new database role

SYNOPSIS
       CREATE GROUP 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

DESCRIPTION
       CREATE GROUP is now an alias for CREATE ROLE (CREATE_ROLE(7)).

COMPATIBILITY
       There is no CREATE GROUP statement in the SQL standard.

SEE ALSO
       CREATE ROLE (CREATE_ROLE(7))

PostgreSQL 16.14                                2026                                 CREATE GROUP(7)