Re: connecting to the database from pgadmin client

Thara Vadakkeveedu wrote:

> I need to create a database and a user and make this new user the owner of this new database.
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> Since I cannot access postgres db from pgadmin client on my desktop,
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> I tried to do the same from the command line on the linux db server:
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> su - postgres
> -bash-4.1$ psql -d postgres
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> postgres=#  create user puser password 'xxxxxx'
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> postgres=#  create database pfdb owner puser
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> If I now try to list databases using \l
> it lists postgres, template0 and template1 but not the new database I created...
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> How can I create a new database successfully ? It will be easier for me to try this from the pgadmin client.

... but it is better with psql first because that is simpler.

I see that there are no semicolons at the end of your statements.
That would mean that the statements don't get executed at all.

Is this just a copy/paste error?
Could you copy the complete session (what exactly you typed and
what response you got)?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe