From: | Wells Oliver <wells(dot)oliver(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Rui DeSousa <rui(at)crazybean(dot)net> |
Cc: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: vacuumdb maintenance-db?? |
Date: | 2022-11-09 22:59:19 |
Message-ID: | CAOC+FBVwrHLdPyJHrXDpfYWejk3kOkcEmKuqWC9U5W3U4yjuyA@mail.gmail.com |
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you guys dropping the postgres database just like that are giving me the
heebie jeebies
On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 2:51 PM Rui DeSousa <rui(at)crazybean(dot)net> wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2022, at 5:25 PM, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 3:12 PM Rui DeSousa <rui(at)crazybean(dot)net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I always drop the postgres database; no need for it; and I also drop the
>> public schema too. I usually use a database name that corresponds to the
>> given project.
>>
>
> I don't see the point of going to that effort - I'd rather just make the
> defaults remain available and ensure they are only accessible to the
> bootstrap superuser via the cluster owner. That way you don't have to
> document your special environment for the next DBA that assumes "sudo -U
> postgres psql" is just going to work (and have a schema sitting there
> waiting for them to quickly do whatever semi-permanent stuff they are
> doing).
>
> I would not want my production databases used for "maintenance purposes".
> And using template1 as the maintenance database seems like a poor choice as
> well; too easy to make a mistake that will show up next time you perform
> CREATE DATABASE.
>
> David J.
>
>
> What maintenance would you do on an empty database?
>
> Also, most environments that I’ve seen create a new database and leave the
> default postgres database empty — then complain when it alerts due to
> wraparound thresholds. Why do I need a support ticket only to login to an
> unused/empty database to vacuum it?
>
> Setup the PGDATABASE environment variable; and “sudo -U postgres psql”
> works as expected.
>
--
Wells Oliver
wells(dot)oliver(at)gmail(dot)com <wellsoliver(at)gmail(dot)com>
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