Here is a verbatim readout of my typing commands into the database shell. I issued a 'create database' to pg 7.4b2 and it did not fail despite an already existing database with the same name. Just thought I'd pass it along, I haven't been able to reproduce it. Just thought I'd pass it along...
Merlin [shell log follows] C:\Projects\dbmanager>psql -h linux_server esp Welcome to psql 7.3.2, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help on internal slash commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit esp=# create database test; CREATE DATABASE esp=# \c test You are now connected to database test. test=# create table t1(id int, f1 text, f2 text); CREATE TABLE test=# create table t2(id int, f1 text, f2 text); CREATE TABLE test=# \d List of relations Schema | Name | Type | Owner --------+--------------------+----------+---------------- public | cuid_sequence | sequence | postgres public | t1 | table | Merlin.Moncure public | t2 | table | Merlin.Moncure public | xfd_field | table | postgres public | xfd_field_key_link | table | postgres public | xfd_file | table | postgres public | xfd_key | table | postgres (7 rows) test=# create database test; ERROR: database "test" already exists test=# \c esp You are now connected to database esp. esp=# create database test; ERROR: database "test" already exists esp=# select version(); version ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------- --- PostgreSQL 7.4beta2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.0 3.2-1md k) (1 row) esp=# ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])