Re: rename database

Rightly as Guillaume said, tampering with a system table isn't a very good
idea.

This is what he suggested:
1. Lets say you are connected to Database A
2. Reconnect to Database B on the server (this database B could be any
database other than A on the server)
3. Rename database A to C
4. Reconnect to C

Without step 2, step 3 would always spew the error about unable to rename
the 'current database'.

*Robins*

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From: Mag Gam <magawake(at)gmail(dot)com>
Date: Feb 7, 2008 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] rename database
To: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
Cc: Nuwan Liyanage <alnuwan2(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org

what's the right way to rename a database then?

On Feb 6, 2008 5:33 PM, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info> wrote:

> Nuwan Liyanage wrote:
> > Ok I think I got it. I just went ahead and updated the pg_database table
> > and it works..
> >
>
> A better way is to connect to another database (template1 for exemple,
> but you would better use another one) and fire your statement there.
>
> Updating system table can be dangerous.
>
>
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