createdb problem

Hi folks,

I've got two totally seperate databases that I'm working on at the moment, the
only thing they have in common is the server that they're on (RH7.3+Errata)

For each of these databases I have a file containing the SQL commands to
create and populate the various tables, and bash script which simply calls

dropdb $dbname
createdb $dbname
psql  <$dbname.sql

However, for the last few days, this script seems to be alternating between
working and not working, the sequence being:

[gary@eddie gary]$ dbreset
ERROR:  DROP DATABASE: database "service" does not exist
dropdb: database removal failed
CREATE DATABASE
0 errors
[gary@eddie gary]$ dbreset
DROP DATABASE
ERROR:  CREATE DATABASE: source database "template1" is being accessed by
other users
createdb: database creation failed
0 errors
[gary@eddie gary]$ dbreset
ERROR:  DROP DATABASE: database "service" does not exist
dropdb: database removal failed
CREATE DATABASE
0 errors
[gary@eddie gary]$

Can anyone tell me why the createdb seems to fail if the preceeding dropdb
worked.
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