Re: "Database does not exist"... but it does exist

On 21 January 2011 17:01, Mike Thomsen <mikerthomsen(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I'm running into a bizarre issue with "database XYZ does not exist."
> I've done a lot of searching, but can't find the cause. For the sake
> of reference, this is PG 8.4.6 running on RHEL 5.4.
>
> Here's what I've done so far with md5 authentication enabled:
>
> psql -U postgres -c "create user miket with password 'miket'"
> createdb testingdb -U postgres
> psql -U postgres -d testingdb -c "create schema testingdb authorization miket"
> psql -U postgres -d testingdb -c "grant all privileges on database
> testingdb to miket"
>
> The last statement returns the following:
>
> ERROR:    database "testindb" does not exist
>
> When I run:
>
> psql -l -U postgres
>
> testindb most certainly does exist.
>
> Any help on resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike

Are you sure that's not a typo. Your statement says "testingdb" but
the error says "testindb".

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