Re: Redo CREATE DATABASE

On 11/17/25 01:59, COURTAULT Francois wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
>
> I am looking to an old document where we (I was not there at that time)
> setup a database.
>
> Unfortunately, I was not able to find the CREATE DATABASE instruction
> used. It is not in any of our docs ☹
>
> At https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-createdatabase.html <https://
> www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-createdatabase.html> we can see that a
> lot of options are available.
>
> Do you know  if it is possible to retrieve the options we have set when
> we created the database ?

Assuming the database is still in the cluster.

In psql have you tried:

\l+ <the_db_name>

Also

select * from pg_database where datname = <the_db_name>

They may not give you everything, but it will be a start.

>
> Best Regards.
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