Thread: Creating a database
Hi I am trying to create a database and use the following command: 'createdb <database-name>' However I get the following error: ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory createdb: database creation failed I am pretty sure that the database is up and running, I used the command 'ps -aux | grep "postures"' and got back the following : postgres 9510 0.0 0.3 1292 512 pts/2 S 11:22 0:00 grep postures I was hopeing(praying!) if anyone could help me... Thanks a lot, Richie ========================================================= Richie Duggan Computer Science IV University College Cork Eamil : dugganr@student.cs.ucc.ie richie_dug@yahoo.com Homepage : http://student.cs.ucc.ie/01/dugganr/index.html
Richard Francis Duggan <dugganr@student.cs.ucc.ie> writes:
> I am trying to create a database and use the following command:
> 'createdb <database-name>'
> However I get the following error:
> ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory
> createdb: database creation failed
Hm. That's not an especially easy error to get ... to get that far,
you must have a running postmaster and a working template1 database.
Furthermore you don't have a permissions problem, because it already
was able to create the new subdirectory for the new database. What's
failing is the 'cp' command to copy files into that subdirectory from
template1. Most odd.
What platform are you on? What's the name of the intended new database?
Also, just reaching at straws, what's the PGDATA setting you are using
(full pathname)?
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane wrote: > > Richard Francis Duggan <dugganr@student.cs.ucc.ie> writes: > > I am trying to create a database and use the following command: > > 'createdb <database-name>' > > However I get the following error: > > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory > > createdb: database creation failed > > Hm. That's not an especially easy error to get ... to get that far, > you must have a running postmaster and a working template1 database. > Furthermore you don't have a permissions problem, because it already > was able to create the new subdirectory for the new database. What's > failing is the 'cp' command to copy files into that subdirectory from > template1. Most odd. Richard - Is there room on the filesystem for your new DB? Are there any quotas on usage of disk space in your environment? > > What platform are you on? What's the name of the intended new database? > Also, just reaching at straws, what's the PGDATA setting you are using > (full pathname)? > > regards, tom lane -- _____________________________________________________________ Ben Stringer Burbong Consultants P/L ACN 092 664 198 ben@burbong.com http://www.burbong.com ph 0402 211 638
On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 01:32:03PM +0000, Richard Francis Duggan wrote: > I am trying to create a database and use the following command: > 'createdb <database-name>' > > However I get the following error: > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory > createdb: database creation failed I'm getting a similar response to createdb on my NT4 system running Postgres 7.0.3, but only when I run postmaster/postgres as an NT service. It works OK if I run postmaster from a bash shell. I think this is because the 'rm' and 'cp' commands are not in the PATH used when running NT services in my current configuration. dbcommand.c calls 'rm' and 'cp' (without any directory path) via system() in the course of doing createdb. I've changed my system PATH variable so that the commands should be found, but I need to reboot the system so that services pick up the new PATH (is there any less drastic way to get that effect on NT?). The machine I'm installing postgres on is a remote host and it hangs during reboot (needs attention on system console) so I can't reboot it with VNC. I'm about to have a sysadmin help me with that so I can find out if the PATH changes actually fix the problem. I think I'm seeing more subtle problems that relate to the some underlying problem. I created a SEQUENCE table, then dropped it, and now I can't seem to create it again with the same name. I think that's happening because there is still a file in pgsql/data/testdb/ with the name of the SEQUENCE, and I'm assuming that some 'rm' quietly failed when I dropped the sequence. I'll be able to test that theory later today, once I reboot the server. I'm still looking for a clean way to run postmaster as an NT service. Running it via 'invoker' starts up OK, but does not shut down cleanly. -- Fred Yankowski fred@OntoSys.com tel: +1.630.879.1312 Principal Consultant www.OntoSys.com fax: +1.630.879.1370 OntoSys, Inc 38W242 Deerpath Rd, Batavia, IL 60510, USA