Re: Catch-22 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject Re: Catch-22
Date
Msg-id 20080317163325.GB14088@depesz.com
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In response to Re: Catch-22  ("Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com>)
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 08:45:59AM -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> stdb=# select oid,ctid,xmin,xmax,datname from pg_database
> stdb-# ;
>   oid   |  ctid  |  xmin   | xmax |   datname
> --------+--------+---------+------+--------------
>   10819 | (0,1)  |     592 |    0 | postgres
>       1 | (0,6)  |     585 |    0 | template1
>   10818 | (0,7)  |     586 |    0 | template0
>  823888 | (0,13) |  761678 |    0 | cells_dev
>   19810 | (0,49) |  497579 |    0 | stdb2
>  597974 | (3,2)  | 2346578 |    0 | stdb
>   19882 | (3,3)  | 2346580 |    0 | stdb_standby
>   16384 | (3,4)  | 2364457 |    0 | cells
> (8 rows)
>
> mmdcc228> dropdb stdb
> ERROR:  database "stdb" does not exist
> STATEMENT:  DROP DATABASE stdb;
> dropdb: database removal failed: ERROR:  database "stdb" does not exist
> mmdcc228>

try this:
while connected to stdb (in psql):
\connect template1
drop database stdb;

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