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From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:44:14 -0700
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Subject: Re: Alternate Datafile Location
To: Sam Stearns <sam.stearns@dat.com>
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On Thursday, August 29, 2024, Sam Stearns <sam.stearns@dat.com> wrote:

> [postgres@thiludbapql01 ~]$ createdb baptest -D /PGDATA
> createdb: error: database creation failed: ERROR:  tablespace "/PGDATA"
> does not exist
>
>
Clusters, created using initdb, are what interact with the file system.
Individual databases don=E2=80=99t.  They exist within a cluster.

David J.

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On Thursday, August 29, 2024, Sam Stearns &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sam.stearns=
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ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">[postgres@thiludbapql01 ~]$ createdb baptest -D /PGDAT=
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