On 8/2/06 17:26, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>> Certainly not what I want, since that database doesn't exist. Is
>> there a system database I could always count on being available that I
>> could connect to?
>
> template1 but only if you allow it from pg_hba.conf.
The postgres database would be more appropriate on 8.1+ (it is specifically
inteded for that kind of thing), however like template1, it can be dropped,
though that isn't advisable without good reason.
Regards, Dave.