Re: [GENERAL] dropdb cmd line args

2006-09-30 Thread Tom Lane
"sami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I give the program the following arguments, it throws up an error: >> dropdb -i -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres - W password dataBaseToDrop -W does not take the password as an argument on the command line, it just forces a prompt for the password. (Whic

[GENERAL] dropdb cmd line args

2006-09-30 Thread sami
Hi I am new to Postgres. I am using PostgreSQL 8.1.4 on WinXP. I tried using dropdb.exe to drop a database I created using pgAdminIII. It seems to me that dropdb.exe expects arguments in an apparently weird kind of way. When I give the program the following arguments, it throws up an error: >