Re: Database in use?

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Carol Walter <walterc@indiana.edu> wrote:
> This has happened or is happening to me again, only this time, it's a
> database that I just created.  I restored another database into a test
> database.  One of the tables is empty.  I want to drop the test database and
> create a new one.  When I try to drop the test database, I get this error -
> template1=# drop database km_tezt;
> ERROR:  database "km_tezt" is being accessed by other users
>
> template1=# select * from pg_prepared_xacts;
>  transaction | gid | prepared | owner | database
> -------------+-----+----------+-------+----------
> (0 rows)

What does "select * from pg_stat_activity say about this db?

> This database is one that I created just a few hours ago just to test some
> things myself.  There can be no one in it except me.  I completely closed

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that enough  ((just you) to cause
the drop database to fail?