Re: per-database locale: createdb switches

Tom Lane wrote:
> Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru> writes:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> It seems awkward; why can't we just have a
> >> single --locale switch that selects both settings at once?
>
> > Sometimes it's needed to use C-collate with non-C-ctype. But for most
> > users it's enough just a locale switch. What about
> > [--locale=X|--lc-collate=X --lc-ctype=X] option?
>
> Seems to me there's one there already.

You're thinking of initdb maybe? I'm talking about createdb.

$ LC_ALL=C createdb --version
createdb (PostgreSQL) 8.4devel

$ LC_ALL=C createdb --help
createdb creates a PostgreSQL database.

Usage:
createdb [OPTION]... [DBNAME] [DESCRIPTION]

Options:
-D, --tablespace=TABLESPACE default tablespace for the database
-E, --encoding=ENCODING encoding for the database
--lc-collate=LOCALE LC_COLLATE setting for the database
--lc-ctype=LOCALE LC_CTYPE setting for the database
-O, --owner=OWNER database user to own the new database
-T, --template=TEMPLATE template database to copy
-e, --echo show the commands being sent to the server
--help show this help, then exit
--version output version information, then exit

Connection options:
-h, --host=HOSTNAME database server host or socket directory
-p, --port=PORT database server port
-U, --username=USERNAME user name to connect as
-W, --password force password prompt

By default, a database with the same name as the current user is created.

Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>.

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