Re: Using drop database from psql - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Using drop database from psql
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Msg-id 5779.1138394005@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Using drop database from psql  (Lan Barnes <lan@falleagle.net>)
Responses Re: Using drop database from psql  (Guido Barosio <gbarosio@gmail.com>)
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Lan Barnes <lan@falleagle.net> writes:
> SCM=# drop database SCM;
> ERROR:  database "scm" does not exist

> Can anyone cast light on this?

Case-folding.  Within SQL you'd need to refer to that database as
"SCM" (with the double quotes).  We don't do case-folding for names
used on the shell command line, but within SQL this is per spec.  See
the last paragraphs in this section:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS

            regards, tom lane

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