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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
index b4bd2d57398..6bf94dbf150 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml,v 1.44 2005/07/31 17:19:17 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml,v 1.45 2006/05/04 16:07:29 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
<para>
Normally, the creator becomes the owner of the new database.
- Superusers can create databases owned by other users using the
+ Superusers can create databases owned by other users, by using the
<literal>OWNER</> clause. They can even create databases owned by
users with no special privileges. Non-superusers with <literal>CREATEDB</>
privilege can only create databases owned by themselves.
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
Character set encoding to use in the new database. Specify
a string constant (e.g., <literal>'SQL_ASCII'</literal>),
or an integer encoding number, or <literal>DEFAULT</literal>
- to use the default encoding. The character sets supported by the
+ to use the default encoding (namely, the encoding of the
+ template database). The character sets supported by the
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server are described in
<xref linkend="multibyte-charset-supported">.
</para>
@@ -169,7 +170,11 @@ CREATE DATABASE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
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
a general-purpose <quote><command>COPY DATABASE</command></quote> facility.
- We recommend that databases used as templates be treated as read-only.
+ The principal limitation is that no other sessions can be connected to
+ the template database while it is being copied. <command>CREATE
+ DATABASE</> will fail if any other connection exists when it starts;
+ otherwise, new connections to the template database are locked out
+ until <command>CREATE DATABASE</> completes.
See <xref linkend="manage-ag-templatedbs"> for more information.
</para>
@@ -220,6 +225,16 @@ CREATE DATABASE music ENCODING 'LATIN1';
implementation-defined.
</para>
</refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-alterdatabase" endterm="sql-alterdatabase-title"></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-dropdatabase" endterm="sql-dropdatabase-title"></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
</refentry>
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