Thread: BUG #5312: I NEED HELP
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5312 Logged by: Dan Baldev Email address: dbaldev@msn.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4 Operating system: Windows Vista Description: I NEED HELP Details: I USE POSTGRES AND I AM A LAYMAN. I HAVE TRIED LOOKING EVERYWHERE TO FIX MY ISSUE BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO ME. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX MY PROBLEM. I USE A PARTICULAR SOFTWARE TO ACCESS A DATABASE. MYSTERIOUSLY, MY SOFTWARE'S DATABASE MANAGER SHOWS 2 DATABASES. ONE OF THEM IS THE ONE I CREATED. THE OTHER IS CALLED "INSTESTDB" AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. I AM SCARED SOMEONE HAS HACKED INTO MY COMPUTER. PLEASE HELP!!! I AM GOING CRAZY TRYING TO DELETE THAT DATABASE AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OK. THANK YOU-DAN BALDEV
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Dan Baldev <dbaldev@msn.com> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: =A0 =A0 =A05312 > Logged by: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Dan Baldev > Email address: =A0 =A0 =A0dbaldev@msn.com > PostgreSQL version: 8.4 > Operating system: =A0 Windows Vista > Description: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I NEED HELP > Details: > > I USE POSTGRES AND I AM A LAYMAN. =A0I HAVE TRIED LOOKING EVERYWHERE TO F= IX MY > ISSUE BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO ME. =A0I CAN'T FIGURE= OUT > HOW TO FIX MY PROBLEM. > > I USE A PARTICULAR SOFTWARE TO ACCESS A DATABASE. =A0MYSTERIOUSLY, MY > SOFTWARE'S DATABASE MANAGER SHOWS 2 DATABASES. =A0ONE OF THEM IS THE ONE I > CREATED. =A0THE OTHER IS CALLED "INSTESTDB" AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE= . =A0I > AM SCARED SOMEONE HAS HACKED INTO MY COMPUTER. > > PLEASE HELP!!! I AM GOING CRAZY TRYING TO DELETE THAT DATABASE AND MAKE S= URE > EVERYTHING IS OK. > > THANK YOU-DAN BALDEV I'm really sorry you're having trouble - but unfortunately you haven't provided any information that would let someone help you. Please see: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems Also, this is a list for reporting bugs, and your problem doesn't sound much like a bug. You might want to try posting (with quite a lot more details, and perhaps not in all upper case) to pgsql-novice or pgsql-general. ...Robert
All I want to do is to delete a database, but I don't know how to actually input the dropdb command and what other stuff I need to open...can you help? I think my problem will be very simple for someone who understands this -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:38 PM To: "Dan Baldev" <dbaldev@msn.com> Cc: <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #5312: I NEED HELP > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Dan Baldev <dbaldev@msn.com> wrote: >> >> The following bug has been logged online: >> >> Bug reference: 5312 >> Logged by: Dan Baldev >> Email address: dbaldev@msn.com >> PostgreSQL version: 8.4 >> Operating system: Windows Vista >> Description: I NEED HELP >> Details: >> >> I USE POSTGRES AND I AM A LAYMAN. I HAVE TRIED LOOKING EVERYWHERE TO FIX >> MY >> ISSUE BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO ME. I CAN'T FIGURE >> OUT >> HOW TO FIX MY PROBLEM. >> >> I USE A PARTICULAR SOFTWARE TO ACCESS A DATABASE. MYSTERIOUSLY, MY >> SOFTWARE'S DATABASE MANAGER SHOWS 2 DATABASES. ONE OF THEM IS THE ONE I >> CREATED. THE OTHER IS CALLED "INSTESTDB" AND I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. >> I >> AM SCARED SOMEONE HAS HACKED INTO MY COMPUTER. >> >> PLEASE HELP!!! I AM GOING CRAZY TRYING TO DELETE THAT DATABASE AND MAKE >> SURE >> EVERYTHING IS OK. >> >> THANK YOU-DAN BALDEV > > I'm really sorry you're having trouble - but unfortunately you haven't > provided any information that would let someone help you. Please see: > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems > > Also, this is a list for reporting bugs, and your problem doesn't > sound much like a bug. You might want to try posting (with quite a > lot more details, and perhaps not in all upper case) to pgsql-novice > or pgsql-general. > > ...Robert >
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Daniel J. Baldev <dbaldev@msn.com> wrote: > All I want to do is to delete a database, but I don't know how to actually > input the dropdb command and what other stuff I need to open...can you help? > I think my problem will be very simple for someone who understands this I probably could help if I could see what is on your screen, but I can't. In general, if the database you want to drop is called junk, then you either do "dropdb junk" from the command line or "DROP DATABASE junk" from SQL. Once again, you need to read the guide to reporting problems - you're not providing any information at all on what program you're using to connect to the database, what you've tried, what happened, etc. And again, this is not a bug. ...Robert
Daniel J. Baldev escribió: > All I want to do is to delete a database, but I don't know how to > actually input the dropdb command and what other stuff I need to > open...can you help? I think my problem will be very simple for > someone who understands this Are you using pgAdmin? If so, just right-click on the database and select "delete/drop". -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Daniel J. Baldev escribió: > >> All I want to do is to delete a database, but I don't know how to >> actually input the dropdb command and what other stuff I need to >> open...can you help? I think my problem will be very simple for >> someone who understands this >> > > Are you using pgAdmin? If so, just right-click on the database and > select "delete/drop". > > Probably too late to be mentioning this... but Daniel, are you sure that the database is not needed by anything? regards Mark