Thom Brown wrote: > On 15 March 2011 15:51, Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> wrote: > > On 15 March 2011 15:37, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > >> Thom Brown wrote: > >>> On 15 March 2011 15:26, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > Applied. ?I did not bump the catalog version because they are just > >>> > comments. ?I assume that is the right procedure. > >>> > >>> *SNIP* > >>> > >>> >> + ? ? ? ? ? ? "COMMENT ON DATABASE postgres IS 'default administrative > >>> >> connection database';\n", > >>> > >>> Default administrative connection database? ?Where's the "connection" > >>> bit come from? > >> > >> There was discussion that 'postgres' is the database that is used for > >> performing administrative connections, e.g. createdb. ?Yeah, kind of > >> odd, but that's what it is used for. > > > > Hmm... there's actually no mention of that in the docs for such tools: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/app-createdb.html > > > > There's also little mention of this "administrative" database in the > > docs beyond saying it's merely a copy of template1 used as a default > > database for users and applications to connect to. > > > > I also notice there's no choice but to use the "postgres" database > > with these tools. ?Shouldn't we have an option that allows us to > > specify an alternative database? > > > > e.g. > > > > createdb -d alternativedb newdb > > And example patch attached.
We have actually never gotten a request for this so it is hard to see why we would add it. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
