When I try to drop a database, whether I have opened it or some other
database, I get told it doesn't exist. The message changes the case of
the database name, but that may be a feature of SQL.
They system is a Fedore Core 3 server running
postgresql-server-7.4.6-1.FC3.1.
Here is the output:
[postgres@oz ~]$ psql -d template1
Welcome to psql 7.4.6, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help on internal slash commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit
template1=# \l
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding
-----------+----------+-----------
SCM | postgres | SQL_ASCII
SCMTST | lbarnes | SQL_ASCII
template0 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
template1 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
(4 rows)
template1=# \q
[postgres@oz ~]$ psql -d SCM
Welcome to psql 7.4.6, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help on internal slash commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit
SCM=# drop database SCM;
ERROR: database "scm" does not exist
Can anyone cast light on this? The database is empty, and I want to
recreate it with a different owner (which may be a task more easily done
with some other method).
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Lan Barnes lan@falleagle.net
Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616
