Re: existing but not-existing database.

> > psql todojamon
>
> FATAL 1: Database 'todojamon' does not exist.
> We know this because the directory
> '/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/todojamon' does not exist.
> You can create a database with the SQL command CREATE
> DATABASE.
> To see what databases exist, look at the subdirectories of
> '/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/'.
> Connection to database 'todojamon' failed.
> FATAL 1: Database 'todojamon' does not exist.
> We know this because the directory
> '/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/todojamon' does not exist.
> You can create a database with the SQL command CREATE
> DATABASE.
> To see what databases exist, look at the subdirectories of
> '/usr/local/pgsql/data/base/'.
>
> if
>
> > psql template1
> [inside postgres]
> template1=> create database todojamon;
> ERROR: createdb: database 'todojamon' already exists
> ERROR: createdb: database 'todojamon' already exists
>
> how can i delete todojamon database??
>

You should have deleted the database with "destroydb". Now you can edit
"by hand" the pg_database table, which is the system table where the
available databases are stored. Use standard SQL commands like "SELECT *
FROM pg_database" and etc. to delete the entry for your database.

Paulo Jan.
DDnet.