Re: database instance creation

prabakaran(dot)a(at)zohocorp(dot)com ("prabakaran.a") writes:
> Dear All,
>
>  In Mysql, If we create a directory under mysql/data, mysql treated as
> database instance without starting mysql server.
>  Is there any similar provision in postgres where we can create a
> database instance without starting postgresql server.

Well, the Postgres program initdb is used to create a database instance;
it does not automatically start a server against it. That sounds like
that might be a similar provision.
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