Re: Database "postgres" - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Database "postgres"
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Msg-id 1976.1168322658@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Database "postgres"  ("woger151" <woger151@jqpx37.cotse.net>)
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"woger151" <woger151@jqpx37.cotse.net> writes:
> I assume it's harmless to drop the database named "postgres" (named after
> the DB superuser)?

You might want to recreate it afterwards, since various tools expect it
to be there (for instance createdb, createuser, "psql -l" will all fail
by default if it isn't there).  But there's nothing especially magic
about it.

            regards, tom lane

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