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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.38 2004/03/23 02:47:35 neilc Exp $
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<refentry id="APP-CREATEDB">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="APP-CREATEDB-TITLE"><application>createdb</application></refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo>Application</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>createdb</refname>
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<refpurpose>create a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<indexterm zone="app-createdb">
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<primary>createdb</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>createdb</command>
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<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>option</replaceable></arg>
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<arg><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
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<arg><replaceable>description</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="R1-APP-CREATEDB-1">
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<title>
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Description
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</title>
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<para>
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<application>createdb</application> creates a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
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database.
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</para>
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<para>
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Normally, the database user who executes this command becomes the owner of
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the new database.
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However a different owner can be specified via the <option>-O</option>
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option, if the executing user has appropriate privileges.
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</para>
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<para>
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<application>createdb</application> is a wrapper around the
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<acronym>SQL</acronym> command <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE"
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endterm="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-title">.
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There is no effective difference between creating databases via
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this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Options</title>
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<para>
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<application>createdb</application> accepts the following command-line arguments:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the name of the database to be created. The name must be
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unique among all <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases in this cluster.
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The default is to create a database with the same name as the
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current system user.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">description</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This optionally specifies a comment to be associated with the newly created
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database.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-D <replaceable class="parameter">location</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--location <replaceable class="parameter">location</replaceable></></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the alternative location for the database. See also <xref
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linkend="app-initlocation">.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-e</></term>
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<term><option>--echo</></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Echo the commands that <application>createdb</application> generates
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and sends to the server.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-E <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--encoding <replaceable class="parameter">encoding</replaceable></></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the character encoding scheme to be used in this
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database. The character sets supported by the
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server are described in
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<xref linkend="multibyte-charset-supported">.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-O <replaceable class="parameter">owner</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--owner <replaceable class="parameter">owner</replaceable></></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the database user who will own the new database.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-q</></term>
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<term><option>--quiet</></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Do not display a response.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-T <replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--template <replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the template database from which to build this database.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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<para>
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The options <option>-D</option>, <option>-E</option>,
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<option>-O</option>, and
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<option>-T</option> correspond to options of the underlying
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SQL command <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE"
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endterm="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-title">; see there for more information
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about them.
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</para>
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<para>
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<application>createdb</application> also accepts the following
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command-line arguments for connection parameters:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--host <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
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server is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used
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as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--port <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix domain socket file
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extension on which the server is listening for connections.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-U <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term>
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<term><option>--username <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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User name to connect as
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>-W</></term>
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<term><option>--password</></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Force password prompt.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Environment</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><envar>PGDATABASE</envar></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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If set, the name of the database to create, unless overridden on
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the command line.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><envar>PGHOST</envar></term>
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<term><envar>PGPORT</envar></term>
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<term><envar>PGUSER</envar></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Default connection parameters. <envar>PGUSER</envar> also
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determines the name of the database to create, if it is not
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specified on the command line or by <envar>PGDATABASE</envar>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Diagnostics</title>
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<para>
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In case of difficulty, see <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE"
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endterm="sql-createdatabase-title"> and <xref linkend="APP-PSQL"> for
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discussions of potential problems and error messages.
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The database server must be running at the
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targeted host. Also, any default connection settings and environment
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variables used by the <application>libpq</application> front-end
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library will apply.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<para>
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To create the database <literal>demo</literal> using the default
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database server:
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createdb demo</userinput>
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<computeroutput>CREATE DATABASE</computeroutput>
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</screen>
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The response is the same as you would have gotten from running the
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<command>CREATE DATABASE</command> <acronym>SQL</acronym> command.
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</para>
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<para>
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To create the database <literal>demo</literal> using the
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server on host <literal>eden</>, port 5000, using the
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<literal>LATIN1</literal> encoding scheme with a look at the
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underlying command:
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createdb -p 5000 -h eden -E LATIN1 -e demo</userinput>
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<computeroutput>CREATE DATABASE "demo" WITH ENCODING = 'LATIN1'</computeroutput>
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<computeroutput>CREATE DATABASE</computeroutput>
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</screen>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See Also</title>
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<simplelist type="inline">
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<member><xref linkend="app-dropdb"></member>
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<member><xref linkend="sql-createdatabase" endterm="sql-createdatabase-title"></member>
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</simplelist>
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</refsect1>
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