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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
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.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/create_database.l,v 1.5 1998/01/11 22:17:13 momjian Exp $
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.TH "CREATE DATABASE" SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
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.SH NAME
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create database - create a new database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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\fBcreate database\fP dbname [\fBwith location = '\fPdbpath\fB'\fP]
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR "create database"
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creates a new Postgres database. The creator becomes the administrator
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of the new database. An alternate location can be specified as either an
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environment variable known to the backend server (e.g. 'PGDATA2') or as
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an absolute path name (e.g. '/home/postgres/data'). In either case, the
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location must be pre-configured by
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.BR initarea
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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createdb(1),
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drop database(l),
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destroydb(1),
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initarea(1),
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initdb(1).
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