From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>
To: Rommel the iCeMAn <icecrew@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Change Default Database
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:40:42 -0600
Message-ID: <1172518842.20651.19.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <008401c759c6$81bef2c0$b364a8c0@theport.com>
References: <008401c759c6$81bef2c0$b364a8c0@theport.com>
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 10:52, Rommel the iCeMAn wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I wrote a database creation script that begins with commands to drop
> the existing database (if it exists) and create it from scratch. These
> commands execute fine, the problem is that all subsequent commands are
> executed on the default database 'postgres'. What command can I use to
> set the default database to my newly created database (for the
> duration of the script)? SQL Server has a 'USE [dbname]' command, is
> there an equivalent command in PostgreSQL?
A couple of points:
1: PLEASE don't post html email, especially with an annoying background
that makes it harder to read your message.
2: What kind of script is this? sql? bash? PHP? perl?
If you post the script, we can probably help you out a bit.
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