Re: Create a new database from JDBC?

Dave Page wrote:
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> On 8/2/06 17:26, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
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>>> Certainly not what I want, since that database doesn't exist.  Is
>>> there a system database I could always count on being available that I
>>> could connect to?
>> template1 but only if you allow it from pg_hba.conf.
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> The postgres database would be more appropriate on 8.1+ (it is specifically
> inteded for that kind of thing), however like template1, it can be dropped,
> though that isn't advisable without good reason.
>
> Regards, Dave.
>
>

So there is no guaranteed way to do this, unless there is a known,
existing database?  Seems like a shortcoming, to me.  Would this be
considered as a feature request, or does the current design make it to
difficult to implement?

Dan

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Daniel Armbrust
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