| From: | Gerhard Kroder <Gerhard(dot)Kroder(at)de(dot)ibm(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Robert D(dot) Nelson" <RDNELSON(at)co(dot)centre(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Novice List <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: psql won't start |
| Date: | 2000-11-09 15:21:03 |
| Message-ID: | 3A0AC0DF.1733028C@de.ibm.com |
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"Robert D. Nelson" wrote:
>
> >hmm, IMHO not necessarily. At least here psql connects to a default
> >database, which is template1 unless you set it otherwise....
>
> Typically, "psql" by itself will attempt to connect to a database with the
> current users name.
you are right, this is also documented in psql's man page. i didn't
know, because it works works different here. debian's way is a little
different... just took a look on README's, using template1 is currently
the package maintainers setting, and debian's policy comes in touch,
too.
> was logged on as postgres, but only had a template1 database.
(what would be ok on debian systems). i'm novice myself, so no more
ideas....
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Gerhard Kroder
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