Re: FATAL 1: Database dbname=template1 does not exist in pg_database

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: chuettl(at)ahorn-Net(dot)de
Cc: PostgreSQL Liste Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Liste General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: FATAL 1: Database dbname=template1 does not exist in pg_database
Date: 2000-06-26 14:59:51
Message-ID: 17186.962031591@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Carsten Huettl <chuettl(at)ahorn-Net(dot)de> writes:
> When I ty to access my pgsql with apache and php3 I got the following
> error:

> FATAL 1: Database dbname=template1 does not exist in pg_database
> When I connect with psql I can see template1.

> How do I insert template1 into pg_database?

Read it again: the error message is complaining because you tried to
access a database named "dbname=template1". Better check the syntax
on the connection subroutine you are using --- looks like a confusion
between positional parameters and keyword-style connect strings...

regards, tom lane

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