pgadmin3(1) User Commands pgadmin3(1)NAME
pgAdmin III - administration and development GUI for PostgreSQL
SYNOPSISpgadmin3 [ option... ]
DESCRIPTION
pgAdmin III is the most popular and feature rich Open Source adminis‐
tration and development platform for PostgreSQL, the most advanced Open
Source database in the world. pgAdmin III is designed to answer the
needs of most users, from writing simple SQL queries to developing com‐
plex databases. It includes a graphical administration interface, an
SQL query tool, a procedural code editor and much more.
This program is a graphical application and the binary file is avail‐
able in /usr/bin. Simply type "pgadmin3" on a command line to launch
the GUI. However, some of the features can be accessed through command
line.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-h
--help Display command line option help
-s server
--server=server
Auto connect to the specified server. server is the description
entered when you added the server to the treeview in pgAdmin,
quoted if required. If multiple servers are registered with the
same description, the first found will be auto-connected.
-q
--query
Open a Query Tool window upon connection. If used together with
the -s server option, the query tool will automatically be con‐
nected to this server. If used alone, a dialog box will appear
prompting for the connection information. This switch cannot be
used together with the -qc connection option.
-qc connection
--queryconnect=connection
Open a Query Tool window upon connection. The query tool will
automatically be connected to the server specified in the con‐
nection string. This option cannot be used together with the -q
switch.
-cm file
--configfile=file
Edit the specified postgresql.conf config file.
-ch file
--hbafile=file
Edit the specified pg_hba.conf config file.
-c file
-file=file
Edit the config files in specified cluster directory.
-t
--testmode
Start in dialogue translation test mode. This mode allows each
dialogue to be viewed without running the application to assist
with string translation.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Availability │ SUNWpgadmin3 │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Committed │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
NOTES
You may find useful informations in the help menu of pgadmin3. You may
also find Solaris specific PostgreSQL informations in "postgres_82" man
page. Source for pgAdmin3 is available in the SUNWpgadmin3S package.
SEE ALSOpgagent(1), postgres_82(1), initdb(1), pg_ctl(1), postgres(1), postmas‐
ter(1)REFERENCES
http://www.pgadmin.org
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