Re: cannot makedb

There is no such command (that I know of). Looks like you really want to do a createdb or CREATE DATABASE
command. createdb can be issued from an operating system prompt; CREATE DATABASE would be executed from
inside psql. Both will crteate a database for you.

If you have a Postgres manual (version 8.0), createdb is described on p/ 929, CREATE DATABASE on p. 743.
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From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org on behalf of Stephen Choularton
Sent: Tue 3/29/2005 2:33 AM
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Subject: [NOVICE] cannot makedb


Hi

Really lost. I have managed to get the prompt working but when I try to make a db nothing happens. (I am on windows XP)

template1-# \l
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding
-----------+----------+-----------
template0 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
template1 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
(2 rows)

template1-# makedb mydb
template1-# \l
List of databases
Name | Owner | Encoding
-----------+----------+-----------
template0 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
template1 | postgres | SQL_ASCII
(2 rows)

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Stephen

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