Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Monday 18 October 2010 7:46:21 am Torsten Zhlsdorff wrote:
>> So: any idea why the database is not visible? And how do get rid of the
>> "non-existing" databases ;)
> My guess is that you have more than one installation of Postgres. The initdb is
> working on one cluster and your psql is pointing at another.
Yeah. In particular, since I didn't see any server start or stop
commands in this sequence, it looks like the psql calls are talking to
some pre-existing server process that's using a pre-existing database
directory somewhere else.
regards, tom lane