Re: [HACKERS] schema creation during initdb
Sorry i have put the question wrongly. I wanted to ask if we can create a schema during createdb time so that i have to hide the following from the user. psql -c 'create schema foo' mytemplate psql -c 'create table foo.bar ...' mytemplate Whenever a user runs createdb command, the above schema and table should be created automatically. Thanks, Sharat. On 4/18/07, Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sharath kumar wrote: How can I create a schema during initdb time? For example pg_catalog, pg_toast, information_schema are created during initdb time. Likewise I want to create my own schema at initdb time. How can i do it? Also how to create a table into this schema at that time itself? This question really does not belong on -hackers, which is about postgres development, not usage. Next time use pgsql-general. You have misunderstood the purpose of initdb, which is to prepare a location for running a postmaster against. After initdb has run there are no user databases yet created (unless you count the postgres database). So you would need to do something like this: initdb ... pg_ctl start ... createdb mytemplate psql -c 'create schema foo' mytemplate psql -c 'create table foo.bar ...' mytemplate After that you can do this: createdb --template mytemplate newdb and the newdb will have your schema and table. HTH andrew
Re: [HACKERS] schema creation during initdb
sharath kumar wrote: Sorry i have put the question wrongly. I wanted to ask if we can create a schema during createdb time so that i have to hide the following from the user. psql -c 'create schema foo' mytemplate psql -c 'create table foo.bar ...' mytemplate Whenever a user runs createdb command, the above schema and table should be created automatically. You should create a template database with the schema and the tables you want. See chapter 19.3. Template Databases in the user manual: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/manage-ag-templatedbs.html -- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
Re: [HACKERS] schema creation during initdb
Hi, On 4/18/07, sharath kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry i have put the question wrongly. I wanted to ask if we can create a schema during createdb time so that i have to hide the following from the user. psql -c 'create schema foo' mytemplate psql -c 'create table foo.bar ...' mytemplate Whenever a user runs createdb command, the above schema and table should be created automatically. Thanks, Sharat. One way that I can think of doing this would be by adding the details about the new schema and the tables that lie therein in the src/backend/catalog/information_schema.sql file (I dont know if this is the recommended way though). These will end up becoming a part of template1 and any subsequent databases that are created will contain them. Regards, Nikhils -- EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
Re: [HACKERS] schema creation during initdb
NikhilS wrote: One way that I can think of doing this would be by adding the details about the new schema and the tables that lie therein in the src/backend/catalog/information_schema.sql file (I dont know if this is the recommended way though). These will end up becoming a part of template1 and any subsequent databases that are created will contain them. Well, *I* wouldn't recommend it. That installed version of that file (which if anything is what he should mangle rathwer than the source) is really just an implementation artefact. Why would this be better than either loading the schema+table directly into template1 after initdb, or making your own template db and loading them into that? cheers andrew ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [HACKERS] schema creation during initdb
sharath kumar wrote: How can I create a schema during initdb time? For example pg_catalog, pg_toast, information_schema are created during initdb time. Likewise I want to create my own schema at initdb time. How can i do it? Also how to create a table into this schema at that time itself? This question really does not belong on -hackers, which is about postgres development, not usage. Next time use pgsql-general. You have misunderstood the purpose of initdb, which is to prepare a location for running a postmaster against. After initdb has run there are no user databases yet created (unless you count the postgres database). So you would need to do something like this: initdb ... pg_ctl start ... createdb mytemplate psql -c 'create schema foo' mytemplate psql -c 'create table foo.bar ...' mytemplate After that you can do this: createdb --template mytemplate newdb and the newdb will have your schema and table. HTH andrew ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
