I'd say stay off of template0 and template1. Let the PG team abstract
this stuff and
use initdb(1), createdb(1), createuser(1) and pg_ctl(1).
If at some point the PG arch change and template2 becomes the template,
then your
C code is protected and similar arguments....
Markus Wagner wrote:
>Hi,
>
>we developed some software using the C-library for pg 7.1.3 and distributed it
>to users who are using pg 7.2.x. There was a problem when the program tried
>to open 'template1' in order to execute a 'CREATE DATABASE'-statement. The
>database 'template1' could not be opened. After installing pg 7.3.1 it
>worked.
>
>We are wondering what may have changed in the new version, and if there will
>be some stability in the future, so that our software may be used with
>different pg versions.
>
>Thanks for replies,
>
>Markus
>
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