> Hi !
>=20
> I discovered this particular feature in "createdb" tool=20
> 8.0.0beta4 running on Win32 Platform:
> c:\windows> createdb testdb;
> CREATE DATABASE
<snip>
> testdb;=3D# \l
> List of databases
> Name | Owner | Encoding
> -----------+----------+-----------
> template0 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
> template1 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
> testdb; | silvio | SQL_ASCII
> (4 rows)
>=20
> testdb;=3D#
>=20
> -------------------- Cut And Paste ---------------------------
>=20
> As you can see, createddb doesn't skip the semicolon after=20
> the database's name, so you have a db name ending with=20
> semicolon. This is not a problem really, but this happens=20
> only in this version/platform.
I don't think this is a postgresql issue, really. It's a shell issue.
sh/bash or whatever you're running on a unix platform has ; as a command
separator. The win32 command prompt does not. (For example, run "echo
foo; echo bar" and notice the differences between bash and cmd). If you
run the command under a bash interpreter (or other shell that uses
semicolon as command separator) on win32, you will se the unix like
behaviour.
Not sure if we want to add a workaround for that? It'd be needed for
every single command, so I personally don't think it's a good idea.
//Magnus
