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From	David G. Johnston
Subject	Re: the difference between psql , createdb, dropuser
Date	October 28, 2019 03:00:45
Msg-id	CAKFQuwZubk_eZ9KXZUAEKfUY5VZ4DGgJmzJTB5u7BGE3vx=GdQ@mail.gmail.com Whole thread Raw
In response to	the difference between psql , createdb, dropuser (Setve <setve@protonmail.com>)
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On Sunday, October 27, 2019, Setve <setve@protonmail.com> wrote:

I can execute the create user or create db .etc... command at a PostgreSQL interactive terminal so why are these commands "createuser , createdb , dropdb etc.... separately and what is their purpose?

Its simply an abstraction so one can execute those actions in a shell without including and dealing with raw SQL - thus removing SQL-injection exposure.

David J.

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From: Setve
Date: 27 October 2019, 23:23:01
Subject: the difference between psql , createdb, dropuser

From: Jeff Janes
Date: 28 October 2019, 03:01:31
Subject: Re: the difference between psql , createdb, dropuser

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