| From: | "Mag Gam" <magawake(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Guillaume Lelarge" <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> |
| Cc: | "Nuwan Liyanage" <alnuwan2(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: rename database |
| Date: | 2008-02-07 03:52:51 |
| Message-ID: | 1cbd6f830802061952h49210b36w21d66da6f33aa925@mail.gmail.com |
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what's the right way to rename a database then?
On Feb 6, 2008 5:33 PM, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:
> Nuwan Liyanage wrote:
> > Ok I think I got it. I just went ahead and updated the pg_database table
> > and it works..
> >
>
> A better way is to connect to another database (template1 for exemple,
> but you would better use another one) and fire your statement there.
>
> Updating system table can be dangerous.
>
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