Re: Database "postgres"

From: "woger151" <woger151(at)jqpx37(dot)cotse(dot)net>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Database "postgres"
Date: 2007-01-09 06:48:23
Message-ID: 000301c733ba$2ead6e40$6501a8c0@apollosjf
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> "woger151" <woger151(at)jqpx37(dot)cotse(dot)net> writes:
>> I assume it's harmless to drop the database named "postgres" (named after
>> the DB superuser)?
>
> You might want to recreate it afterwards, since various tools expect it
> to be there (for instance createdb, createuser, "psql -l" will all fail
> by default if it isn't there). But there's nothing especially magic
> about it.
>
> regards, tom lane

Thanks for the quick response! And if your email address is correct, at a
very early hour in the morning.

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