Re: Optional postgres database not so optional in 8.1 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: Optional postgres database not so optional in 8.1
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Msg-id 20051117135329.GE22933@svana.org
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In response to Optional postgres database not so optional in 8.1  ("John Hansen" <john@geeknet.com.au>)
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Re: Optional postgres database not so optional in 8.1
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On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:01:31AM +1100, John Hansen wrote:
> On a fresh installation of postgrsql 8.1    if you drop the
> 'postgres' database,
> psql, createdb, etc. no longer works.
>
> psql -l; ignores -dtemplate1, and createdb doesn't have such an option.

What distribution? I've never seen this "postgres" database you speak
of. It certainly not on any systems I've used. Do you have a PGDATABASE
variable in your environment?

Have a nice day,
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