Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> ... You can actually connect
> to any database and do the command "DROP DATABASE dbname".
Any database *except* the one to be deleted. dropdb defaults to using
template1 to issue the DROP. My bet is that Alex mistakenly thought
it'd be a good idea to forbid connections to template1.
regards, tom lane