Re: [GENERAL] Creating a database with psql

2005-07-20 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 11:28:23AM +0200, Josef Springer wrote: > i want to automate the startup of my database. So i have to create first > an user and a database, second the schema, all with psql. But how can i > create a database with psql if no database exist ? When you first install Postgre

Re: [GENERAL] Creating a database with psql

2005-07-20 Thread imi
Hi, 1. connect template1 database with your user. 2. create database YOURDB 3. "\c YOURDB" will connect to new database 4. create table etc. linimi On 7/20/05, Josef Springer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > i want to automate the startup of my database. So i have to create first > an user

[GENERAL] Creating a database with psql

2005-07-20 Thread Josef Springer
Hi, i want to automate the startup of my database. So i have to create first an user and a database, second the schema, all with psql. But how can i create a database with psql if no database exist ? Executing psql, i must define the options for a database and an user with password. Best Reg

Re: [GENERAL] Creating a database

2001-01-14 Thread Ben Stringer
Tom Lane wrote: > > Richard Francis Duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am trying to create a database and use the following command: > > 'createdb ' > > However I get the following error: > > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory > > createdb: database creation fa

Re: [GENERAL] Creating a database

2001-01-14 Thread Tom Lane
Richard Francis Duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to create a database and use the following command: > 'createdb ' > However I get the following error: > ERROR: CREATE DATABASE: could not initialize database directory > createdb: database creation failed Hm. That