From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | kevin barnes <vinbarnes(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: BUG #2333: dropdb ignores the database name argument |
Date: | 2006-03-19 02:10:22 |
Message-ID: | 200603190210.k2J2AMu17622@candle.pha.pa.us |
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kevin barnes wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2333
> Logged by: kevin barnes
> Email address: vinbarnes(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.1
> Operating system: ubuntu 5.10
> Description: dropdb ignores the database name argument
> Details:
>
> In the 8.1 release on Unbuntu 5.10 there is an error with the dropdb command
> in /usr/bin. The error manifests itself by not respecting the DBNAME
> argument. It assumes that you want to connect to a database named 'postgres'
> and ignores whatever argument you give it. The error returned is:
>
> dropdb: database removal failed: ERROR: database "postgres" does not exist
>
> The error is actually correct, because I do not have a database named
> postgres, but the command does not work correctly.
>
> I downgraded through apt-get to 8.0 and dropdb works as expected. I believe
> the version I was running was 8.1.3.
I think something strange is happening in your installation. I can not
reproduce your failure.
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