database/postgres
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/postgres/postgres.git synced 2025-07-30 11:03:19 +03:00
Code Activity

Add --template option to createdb script to allow access to WITH TEMPLATE

Browse Source 
option of CREATE DATABASE.  In pg_regress, create regression database
from template0 to ensure that any installation-local cruft in template1
will not mess up the tests.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane
2001-02-18 17:53:55 +00:00
parent 48d03278a2
commit c3b00e7e29
3 changed files with 43 additions and 12 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

31
doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
View File

@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.16 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.17 2001/02/18 17:53:54 tgl Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
as the directory for the unix domain socket.
as the directory for the Unix-domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -98,17 +98,26 @@ Postgres documentation
<term>-D, --location <replaceable class="parameter">datadir</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the alternative database location. See also <xref
Specifies the alternative location for the database. See also <xref
linkend="app-initlocation">.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-T, --template <replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the template database from which to build this database.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>-E, --encoding <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the character encoding scheme to be used with this database.
Specifies the character encoding scheme to be used in this database.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -140,6 +149,12 @@ Postgres documentation
The options <literal>-h</literal>, <literal>-p</literal>, <literal>-U</literal>,
<literal>-W</literal>, and <literal>-e</literal> are passed on literally to
<xref linkend="app-psql">.
The options <literal>-D</literal>, <literal>-T</literal>, and
<literal>-E</literal> are converted into options for the underlying
SQL command <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE"
endterm="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-title">, which see for more information
about them.
</para>
</refsect2>
@ -168,7 +183,7 @@ Postgres documentation
<listitem>
<para>
The comment/description for the database could not be created.
the database itself will have been created already. You can use the
The database itself will have been created already. You can use the
<acronym>SQL</acronym> command <command>COMMENT ON DATABASE</command> to
create the comment later on.
</para>
@ -199,10 +214,10 @@ Postgres documentation
the <productname>Postgres</productname> interactive terminal
<xref linkend="APP-PSQL">. Thus, there is nothing
special about creating databases via this or other methods. This means
that the <application>psql</application> must be found by the script and that
a database server is running at the targeted host. Also, any default
that the <application>psql</application> program must be found by the script and that
a database server must be running at the targeted port. Also, any default
settings and environment variables available to <application>psql</application>
and the <application>libpq</application> front-end library do apply.
and the <application>libpq</application> front-end library will apply.
</para>
</refsect1>