Thread: Starting psql without a database connection

Is there a way to start psql without connecting to a database?  Otherwise,
what's the point of the 'CREATE DATABASE ...' command?

Michael Klatt

Michael Klatt wrote:
> Is there a way to start psql without connecting to a database?

No. psql is a client to the server.

> Otherwise, what's the point of the 'CREATE DATABASE ...' command?

I'll turn that around. What's the point of issuing a CREATE DATABASE command
when you aren't connected to a server to create it on?

You might want to read:

http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?managing-databases.html

On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 01:54, Michael Klatt wrote:
> Is there a way to start psql without connecting to a database?  Otherwise,
> what's the point of the 'CREATE DATABASE ...' command?

initdb creates the database template1, which is always there.  It serves
as the default template for all newly created databases.

So connect to template1 first and create your database from there.

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