CREATE ROLE

Creates a new, empty role. You must then add permissions to the role using one of the GRANT statements.

Syntax

CREATE ROLE role;

Parameters

role

The name for the new role, where role conforms to conventions described in Identifiers.

Privileges

Must be a superuser to create a role.

Examples

This example shows to create an empty role called roleA.

=> CREATE ROLE roleA;
CREATE ROLE

See Also