Tom has fixed this bug and backpatched it back to 7.4.X.
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Alexander M. Pravking wrote:
> Docs say: Only the database owner or a superuser can rename a database;
> non-superuser owners must also have the CREATEDB privilege.
>
> Looks like a superuser must have CREATEDB too:
>
> fduch@~=# SELECT usesuper, usecreatedb from pg_user where usename = 'fduch';
> usesuper | usecreatedb
> ----------+-------------
> t | f
> (1 row)
>
> fduch@~=# CREATE DATABASE test owner stat;
> CREATE DATABASE
> fduch@~=# ALTER DATABASE test RENAME TO work;
> ERROR: permission denied to rename database
> fduch@~=# ALTER DATABASE test OWNER TO fduch ;
> ALTER DATABASE
> fduch@~=# ALTER DATABASE test RENAME TO work;
> ERROR: permission denied to rename database
>
> At last:
> fduch@~=# ALTER USER fduch CREATEDB ;
> ALTER USER
> fduch@~=# ALTER DATABASE test RENAME TO work;
> ALTER DATABASE
> fduch@~=# ALTER DATABASE work OWNER TO stat;
> ALTER DATABASE
> fduch@~=# ALTER DATABASE work RENAME TO test;
> ALTER DATABASE
>
> PostgreSQL 8.0.1 on i386-portbld-freebsd5.3, compiled by GCC cc (GCC) 3.4.2 [FreeBSD] 20040728
>
>
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> Fduch M. Pravking
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