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 </sect1>

 <sect1 id="bki-commands">
  <title><acronym>BKI</acronym> Commands</title>

  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <literal>create</literal>
     <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>
     <replaceable class="parameter">tableoid</replaceable>
     <optional><literal>bootstrap</literal></optional>
     <optional><literal>shared_relation</literal></optional>
     <optional><literal>rowtype_oid</literal> <replaceable>oid</replaceable></optional>
     (<replaceable class="parameter">name1</replaceable> =
     <replaceable class="parameter">type1</replaceable>
     <optional><literal>FORCE NOT NULL</literal> | <literal>FORCE NULL</literal> </optional> <optional>,
     <replaceable class="parameter">name2</replaceable> =
     <replaceable class="parameter">type2</replaceable>
     <optional><literal>FORCE NOT NULL</literal> | <literal>FORCE NULL</literal> </optional>,
     ...</optional>)
    </term>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Create a table named <replaceable
      class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>, and having the OID
      <replaceable class="parameter">tableoid</replaceable>,
      with the columns given in parentheses.
     </para>

     <para>
      The following column types are supported directly by
      <filename>bootstrap.c</filename>: <type>bool</type>,
      <type>bytea</type>, <type>char</type> (1 byte),
      <type>name</type>, <type>int2</type>,
      <type>int4</type>, <type>regproc</type>, <type>regclass</type>,
      <type>regtype</type>, <type>text</type>,
      <type>oid</type>, <type>tid</type>, <type>xid</type>,
      <type>cid</type>, <type>int2vector</type>, <type>oidvector</type>,
      <type>_int4</type> (array), <type>_text</type> (array),
      <type>_oid</type> (array), <type>_char</type> (array),
      <type>_aclitem</type> (array).  Although it is possible to create
      tables containing columns of other types, this cannot be done until
      after <structname>pg_type</structname> has been created and filled with
      appropriate entries.  (That effectively means that only these
      column types can be used in bootstrap catalogs, but non-bootstrap
      catalogs can contain any built-in type.)
     </para>

     <para>
      When <literal>bootstrap</literal> is specified,
      the table will only be created on disk; nothing is entered into
      <structname>pg_class</structname>,
      <structname>pg_attribute</structname>, etc., for it.  Thus the
      table will not be accessible by ordinary SQL operations until
      such entries are made the hard way (with <literal>insert</literal>
      commands).  This option is used for creating
      <structname>pg_class</structname> etc. themselves.
     </para>

     <para>
      The table is created as shared if <literal>shared_relation</literal> is
      specified.
      The table's row type OID (<structname>pg_type</structname> OID) can optionally
      be specified via the <literal>rowtype_oid</literal> clause; if not specified,
      an OID is automatically generated for it.  (The <literal>rowtype_oid</literal>
      clause is useless if <literal>bootstrap</literal> is specified, but it can be
      provided anyway for documentation.)
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <literal>open</literal> <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>
    </term>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Open the table named
      <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>
      for insertion of data.  Any currently open table is closed.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term>
     <literal>close</literal> <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>
    </term>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Close the open table.  The name of the table must be given as a
      cross-check.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>