Re: Creating DB programmatically?

some typing error plz read connect to database using maintenance database
"postgres"

On 12 July 2011 20:00, Pushpendra Singh Thakur <thakur(at)corexprts(dot)com> wrote:

> Step 1 connect to user using maintenance db "ie postgres"
> Step 2 check whether database exists or not "SELECT 1 AS result FROM
> pg_database
> WHERE datname='abc'"
> Step 3 if not run "create database ...."
>
> simple..
>
>
> On 12 July 2011 17:14, Frank Bax <fbax(at)sympatico(dot)ca> wrote:
>
>> On 07/12/11 03:31, Roy's Email wrote:
>>
>>> Now I am particularly confused. How do I issue "CREATE DATABASE ..."
>>> from my program? I thought that I needed a connection (PGconn) before I
>>> could execute a command and I don't believe I have a valid connection if
>>> my attempt to connect to a (non-existent) DB fails. [Does it change
>>> anything that I'm writing in C++ and using the 'libpq' interface?]
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Let's assume for the moment; that you know how to connect to an existing
>> database and execute an SQL command like "SELECT ....".
>>
>> Simply modify your code:
>> * change your connect command so it connects to "template1"
>> * change your "SELECT ..." statement to "CREATE DATABASE ..."
>> * close the connection and make a connection to database just created.
>>
>>
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