Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D10476B49 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:41:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (momjian.navpoint.com [207.106.42.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A86476B30 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:41:18 -0500 (EST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.10.1) id h0RIfBc16053; Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:41:11 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200301271841.h0RIfBc16053@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: Rename database? In-Reply-To: <000c01c2c32b$09526500$5301a8c0@monet> To: Wei Weng Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:41:11 -0500 (EST) Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL99 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-Archive-Number: 200301/421 X-Sequence-Number: 11286 Uh, we have ALTER DATABASE, but it doesn't rename. If no one is connected, you can connect to template1 and modify pg_database table to rename. That _should_ work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wei Weng wrote: > Can I use a SQL statement to rename database? > > e.g Rename Database Bank to Database Bank_backup > > Thanks! > > Wei -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073