From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Mitch Collinsworth <mitch(at)ccmr(dot)cornell(dot)edu> |
Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: drop database / create database / data still here ? |
Date: | 2010-04-20 15:25:07 |
Message-ID: | 201004201525.o3KFP7p20556@momjian.us |
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Mitch Collinsworth wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I thought I understood how this worked, but now it's baffling me.
> I want to drop a database named coral from my test server and load
> a fresh dump of it from my production server. This has worked when
> I've done it before, but now it's giving me fits. Here's an
> example:
>
> coral=# \c postgres
> You are now connected to database "postgres".
> postgres=# drop database coral;
> DROP DATABASE
> postgres=# create database coral;
> CREATE DATABASE
> postgres=# \c coral
> You are now connected to database "coral".
> coral=# \dt *.*
The problem is that you have created these tables in the 'template1'
database, and they are getting copied from there everytime you create a
new database. FYI, you can also use another database as the template
database if you wish.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
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