Re: [DOCS] Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Bruce Tong <zztong(at)laxmi(dot)ev(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, lynch(at)lscorp(dot)com, M(dot)Boekhold(at)et(dot)tudelft(dot)nl, joden(at)lee(dot)k12(dot)nc(dot)us, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-docs(at)postgreSQL(dot)orghackers
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]
Date: 1998-07-24 16:34:27
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.3.96.980724123342.537F-100000@hub.org
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Bruce Tong wrote:

> > They have to connect to template1 to do the work. Currently, they don't
> > need to know template1 even exists, so it seems like an added burden. I
> > will add a mention to the createdb, destroydb man pages. createuser
> > does psql too.
>
> And as a result, I didn't know what template1 was for until now, and I
> fear there's more to it than just this. Up until this point, I assumed
> "template1" was an example database which could be copied, or something.
> At least that's what a template is to me.

In a sense, that is exactly what it is. When you do a 'createdb',
it uses template1 as the "template" for the new database, and then buildds
from there...

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