| From: | Thomas Good <tomg(at)q8(dot)nrnet(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Diego A(dot) Puertas F(dot)" <dpuertas(at)uc(dot)edu(dot)ve> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Novice List <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: psql won't start |
| Date: | 2000-11-09 13:34:52 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.3.96.1001109083407.6129A-100000@q8.nrnet.org |
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Diego A. Puertas F. wrote:
> I have compiled succesfully PostgreSQL 7.0.2, and I had ran psql at least
> twice and built a database without problem.
>
>
> Now psql is not starting and throws the following message:
>
> psql: FATAL 1: Database "postgres" does not exist in the system catalog.
>
>
> So, what's going on?
Diego,
You are missing an argument: the database name...
$ psql <dbname>
For exam: $ psql template1
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