Test database for new installs?

Folks,

Some issues have come up repeatedly on IRC with new users, enough so that they
might be worth addressing in the code:
a) new users try just to "psql" as postgres, and get a "no such database
postgres";
b) new users use template1 as a testing database, and then have to re-initdb
to clean it up.

Both of these things could be solved by creating an additional, non-template
database called "postgres" at initdb. For security reasons, this db would
be set up in pg_hba.conf as accessable only by postgres via local. It might
not seem like it to experienced programmers, but having a "sandbox" database
which lets you get used to PG commands would be a boon to people how are new
to both Postgres and SQL databases in general.

The only reason not to do it is space; each database takes up about 5mb.
That's nothing to most users but could be a problem for a few. Also, it
would create a minor burden on the fsm to track an extra set of relations.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco