Re: Database "postgres"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "woger151" <woger151(at)jqpx37(dot)cotse(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Database "postgres"
Date: 2007-01-09 06:04:18
Message-ID: 1976.1168322658@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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

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