Re: Removing binaries (was: createlang/droplang deprecated)

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se> wrote:

> On 03/18/2017 09:12 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>> createdb, dropdb - also not clear they're about postgres, more likely to
>> be used by mistake but not that bad. That said, do they add any *value*
>> beyond what you can do with psql -c "CREATE DATABASE"? I don't really
>> see one, so I'd suggest dropping these too.
>>
>
> The value they add is that they quote the database name and options
> correctly which makes them easier to use safely and reliably in shell
> scripts. And unless I am missing something obvious I do not think there is
> any easy way for a beginner to do this with just psql.

Good point, I hadn't thought of that. I guess I just generally make sure I
don't use names that require quoting myself, but I can definitely see how
that's an actual value-add.

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