PostgreSQL

Source and Destination Databases

Before you begin

Before you begin, gather this connection information:

• Name of the server that hosts the database you want to connect to

• Database name

• User name and password

• Are you connecting to an SSL server?

Connect and set up the workspace

Launch Syntho and select Connect to a database, or under Create workspace, select PostgreSQL. For a complete list of data connections, select More under From database. Then do the following:

1. Enter the name of the server that hosts the database that you want to connect to.

2. Enter the database name to connect to the contained database.

3. Enter the port number.

4. Enter user name and password.

   Select the Require SSL check box when connecting to an SSL server.

5. Select Create Workspace. If Syntho can't make the connection, verify that your credentials are correct. If you still can't connect, your computer is having trouble locating the server. Contact your network administrator or database administrator.

Considerations & limitations

• For JSON and XML columns, turn off validation in target and/or enable ALTER permission for user.

Supported data types

This table outlines the support and limitations for various data types in PostgreSQL when using connectors. It indicates what's supported per generator type, and if any additional processing is performed by Syntho to successfully generate and write the data.

Data type	Type	AI-powered Generation	Other Generators (Duplicate / Mask / Mockers / Calculated Columns / Hash)	JSON / XML de-identification
SMALLINT	discrete	✅	✅	-
INTEGER	discrete	✅	✅	-
BIGINT	discrete	✅	✅	-
DECIMAL	continuous	✅	✅	-
NUMERIC	continuous	✅	✅	-
REAL	continuous	✅	✅	-
DOUBLE	continuous	✅	✅	-
CHAR	categorical	✅	✅	-
VARCHAR	categorical	✅	✅	-
TEXT	categorical	✅	✅	-
BYTEA	bytes	☐	✅	-
BOOLEAN	bool	✅	✅	-
DATE	datetime	✅	✅	-
TIME	datetime	✅	✅	-
TIMESTAMP	datetime	✅	✅	-
INTERVAL	no active support	☐	✅	-
JSON	json	✅	✅	☑️ (Coming Soon)
JSONB	json	✅	✅	☑️ (Coming Soon)
HSTORE	no active support	✅	✅	-
UUID	uuid	☐	✅	-
INET	categorical	☐	✅	-
CIDR	no active support	☐	✅	-
TSVECTOR	no active support	✅	✅	-
TSQUERY	no active support	✅	✅	-
POINT	no active support	☐	✅	-
LSEG	no active support	☐	✅	-
BOX	no active support	☐	✅	-
PATH	no active support	☐	✅	-
POLYGON	no active support	☐	✅	-
LINE	no active support	☐	✅	-
CIRCLE	no active support	☐	✅	-
MONEY	continuous	✅	✅	-
OID	discrete	☐	✅	-
BIT	discrete	✅	✅	-
BIT VARYING	discrete	✅	✅	-
ENUM	sets	✅	✅	-
TSRANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-
TSTZRANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-
NUMRANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-
INT4RANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-
INT8RANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-
INT4MULTIRANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-
INT8MULTIRANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-
XML	no active support	☐	☐	☑️ (Coming Soon) The content may be <blank>blank</blank> if no rule applies.
ARRAY_INT	categorical	✅	✅	-
ARRAY_VARCHAR	categorical	✅	✅	-
FLOAT	continuous	✅	✅	-
MACADDR	categorical	☐	✅	-
MACADDR8	categorical	☐	✅	-
REGCONFIG		✅	✅	-
REGCLASS	discrete	☐	✅	-
DATERANGE	no active support	☐	✅	-