On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Mike Nolan wrote: > > > Perhaps, but it isn't obvious which directory has which database. I'm not > > > not sure which system catalogs provide that information, something that > > > wasn't obvious from the online docs, either. > > > > SELECT oid FROM pg_database WHERE datname = '<database>'; > > Thanks. That should be easier to find in the documentation, perhaps it > should be mentioned in the docs for the pg_database system catalog. > > From an ISP's or DBA's point of view, it would be preferable if there was > a way to determine which directory held which database without having > to actually log into the database. I can envision circumstances under > which postmaster might not be running when that information is needed.
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