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*************** CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARA
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      wrapper program around this command, provided for convenience.
     </para>
  
+    <para>
+     Database-level configuration parameters (set via <xref
+     linkend="sql-alterdatabase">) are not copied from the template
+     database.
+    </para>
+ 
    <para>
     Although it is possible to copy a database other than <literal>template1</>
     by specifying its name as the template, this is not (yet) intended as