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<REFENTRY ID="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-1">
<REFMETA>
<REFENTRYTITLE>
CREATE DATABASE
</REFENTRYTITLE>
<REFMISCINFO>SQL - Language Statements</REFMISCINFO>
</REFMETA>
<REFNAMEDIV>
<REFNAME>
CREATE DATABASE
</REFNAME>
<REFPURPOSE>
Creates a new database
</REFPURPOSE>
<REFSYNOPSISDIV>
<REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSYNOPSISDIVINFO>
<SYNOPSIS>
CREATE DATABASE <REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">name</REPLACEABLE> [WITH LOCATION = '<replaceable class="parameter">dbpath</replaceable>']
</SYNOPSIS>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-1">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Inputs
</TITLE>
<PARA>
</PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
The name of a database to create.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<replaceable class="parameter">dbpath</replaceable>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
An alternate location can be specified as either an
environment variable known to the backend server
(e.g. '<envar>PGDATA2</envar>') or as an absolute path name
(e.g. '<filename>/usr/local/pgsql/data</filename>').
In either case, the location must be pre-configured
by <command>initlocation</command>.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</REFSECT2>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-2">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Outputs
</TITLE>
<PARA>
</PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>CREATEDB</ReturnValue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
Message returned if the command completes successfully.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>WARN: createdb: database "<replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>" already exists.</ReturnValue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
This occurs if <replaceable class="parameter">database</replaceable> specified already exists.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>
<ReturnValue>ERROR: Unable to create database directory <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable>
</ReturnValue>
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>
There was a problem with creating the required directory; this operation will
need permissions for the <literal>postgres</literal> user on the specified location.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</variablelist>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>
</REFSECT2>
</REFSYNOPSISDIV>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-1">
<REFSECT1INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT1INFO>
<TITLE>
Description
</TITLE>
<PARA>
CREATE DATABASE creates a new PostgreSQL database.
The creator becomes the administrator of the new database.
</PARA>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-3">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
Notes
</TITLE>
<PARA>
CREATE DATABASE statement is a PostgreSQL language extension.
</PARA>
<para>
Refer to DROP DATABASE statement to remove a database.
</para>
</REFSECT2>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-2">
<TITLE>
Usage
</TITLE>
<PARA>
To create a new database:
</PARA>
<ProgramListing>
CREATE DATABASE lusiadas;
</ProgramListing>
<PARA>
To create a new database in <filename>~/private_db</filename>:
</PARA>
<ProgramListing>
$ mkdir private_db
$ initlocation ~/private_db
<computeroutput>Creating Postgres database system directory /home/olly/private_db/base</computeroutput>
$ chmod a+rx private_db
$ chmod a+rwx private_db/base
$ psql
<computeroutput>Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
type \? for help on slash commands
type \q to quit
type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
You are currently connected to the database: template1
template1=></computeroutput> <userinput>create database elsewhere with location = '/home/olly/private_db';</userinput>
<computeroutput>CREATEDB</computeroutput>
</ProgramListing>
</REFSECT1>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-3">
<TITLE>
Bugs
</TITLE>
<PARA>
Where an ordinary user cannot change the ownership of files to other users
(which is correct from a security point of view), there is no easy way
to give the postgres backend access to files in a database at a
non-standard location without
giving similar access to all users. The situation shown in the usage
example makes <filename>/home/olly/private_db</filename> world-accessible.
</PARA>
<para>
If, on the other hand, the user gets the system administrator to give
file ownership to the <literal>postgres</literal> superuser and restrict access, he will
then be unable to delete the <filename><replaceable>directory</replaceable>/base</filename> directory.
</para>
<comment>
initlocation does not create a PG_VERSION file in the specified location.
How will PostgreSQL handle the situation if it is upgraded to an
incompatible database version?
</comment>
</refsect1>
<REFSECT1 ID="R1-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-4">
<TITLE>
Compatibility
</TITLE>
<PARA>
</PARA>
<REFSECT2 ID="R2-SQL-CREATEDATABASE-4">
<REFSECT2INFO>
<DATE>1998-04-15</DATE>
</REFSECT2INFO>
<TITLE>
SQL92
</TITLE>
<PARA>
There is no <command>CREATE DATABASE</command> statement on SQL92.
</PARA>
<para>
The equivalent command in standard SQL is <command>CREATE SCHEMA</command>.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
</REFENTRY>
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