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> In order to create a database, the <SPAN
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>
server must be up and running (see <A
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> Databases are created with the SQL command
<A
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</P><PRE
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>CREATE DATABASE <TT
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></TT
>;</PRE
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where <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
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></TT
> follows the usual rules for
<ACRONYM
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> identifiers. The current role automatically
becomes the owner of the new database. It is the privilege of the
owner of a database to remove it later (which also removes all
the objects in it, even if they have a different owner).
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><P
> The creation of databases is a restricted operation. See <A
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> Since you need to be connected to the database server in order to
execute the <TT
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question remains how the <SPAN
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site can be created. The first database is always created by the
<TT
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initialized. (See <A
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new database is created within the
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> is essentially cloned.
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> are
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> As a convenience, there is a program you can
execute from the shell to create new databases,
<TT
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database and issues the <TT
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>CREATE DATABASE</TT
> command,
exactly as described above.
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> reference page contains the invocation
details. Note that <TT
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>createdb</TT
> without any arguments will create
a database with the current user name.
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how to restrict who can connect to a given database.
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> Sometimes you want to create a database for someone else, and have him
become the owner of the new database, so he can
configure and manage it himself. To achieve that, use one of the
following commands:
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>CREATE DATABASE <TT
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> OWNER <TT
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></TT
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from the SQL environment, or:
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>createdb -O <TT
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> <TT
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>dbname</I
></TT
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from the shell.
Only the superuser is allowed to create a database for
someone else (that is, for a role you are not a member of).
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