Re: [GENERAL] Different dB dir

On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Jason wrote:

> I have filled a partition on our Sparc with 6 databases. Each database
> is about 300MB in size. What I want to do is create future databases on
> a different partition. All current databases reside at
> /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/DBNAME
>
> The next time I create a dB, I want it to be at /platypus/pgsql/DBNAME
>
> Is this possible? And if so, how? I am running PostgreSQL 6.3 on a
> Sparc 20. Thanks in advance.

With PostgreSQL 6.3.2:

template1=> \h create database
Command: create database
Description: create a database
Syntax:
create database <dbname> [with location = '<dbpath>']

Also, 'man createdb' will give you answers.

Maarten

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