RE: [GENERAL] How to rename a database?

try:
pg_dump <old_database> > tmp.sql
then edit tmp.sql to change the old_database name to new_database name.
then:
cat tmp.sql | psql template1
-DEJ

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Olin Oden [SMTP:joden(at)Lee(dot)k12(dot)nc(dot)us]
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 11:45 AM
> To: Aleksey Dashevsky
> Cc: Farzad FARID; pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to rename a database?
>
>
> > Use following syntax:
> > alter table <Old_Table_Name> rename to <New_Table_Name>
> >
> >
>
> I don't think that will work for the entire database. Remember a
> table is
> part of the database. So I don't think alter will change the actual
> database's name...
>
> > >
> > > How do I rename an existing database? Is it enough to just rename
> the
> > > directory? If that's the only way to do it do I have to first shut
> the
> > > server down?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Farzad FARID
> > > Administrateur Reseau
> > > Publicis Technology
> > >
> > >
>
>
>