CREATE ROLE

CREATE ROLE creates roles which can be assigned permissions.

A ROLE can be used as a USER if it has been granted a password and login permissions.

Learn more about the permission system in the access control guide.

See also DROP ROLE, ALTER ROLE, GRANT.

Permissions

To create a role, the current role must have the SUPERUSER permission.

Syntax

create_role_statement ::=
   CREATE ROLE role_name ;

role_name ::= identifier

Parameters

Parameter

Description

role_name

The name of the role to create, which must be unique across the cluster

Notes

SQream recommend that role names should follow these rules:

  • Are case-insensitive

  • Start with either a letter or underscore

  • Contain only ASCII letters, numbers, or underscores

  • Follow rules for identifiers

  • A role has no permissions by default. Follow the examples below to see how to grant permissions to databases and tables.

  • Roles can be members of other roles.

  • Roles must be unique across the cluster.

  • Roles cannot log in by default. They do not have a password or login permissions until granted.

Examples

Creating a role with no permissions

CREATE ROLE new_role;

Creating a user role

A user role has permissions to login, and has a password.

Tip

Some DBMSs call this CREATE USER or ADD USER

CREATE ROLE new_role;
GRANT LOGIN to new_role;
GRANT PASSWORD 'Tr0ub4dor&3' to new_role;
GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE master to new_role; -- Repeat for other desired databases