Re: CREATE DATABASE - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: CREATE DATABASE
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0311101812460.11030-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to CREATE DATABASE  (jose <jose@sferacarta.com>)
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jose writes:

> PostgreSQL is not consistent in the way it uses upper/lower case to
> create databases and access it.
> Why psql -c 'CREATE DATABASE name_db'  uses lower(name_db) an less the
> name is enclosed by "" but psql name_db ?

These are two different language bindings for the same functionality.
You could also claim that Unix is not consistent because C programs and
shell scripts provide different ways to do the same thing.  You would be
right, but it's nevertheless quite intended that way.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net


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