In my original email i forgot to mentioned i need to know if the database exists or not from the shell script. If it doesn't exist i would then create it. Currently i was just creating the db everytime our db script is run (since it doesn't hurt the db) but this generates the 'db already exists' log and I now have the requirement that the users not see that log. ie, don't run createdb if it already exists.
In looking through the postgres docs i can see how to check if a table exists but not how a db exists. Again, thanks for the help. Jon ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
