On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Paul Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. Perhaps this isn't the proper place to send this, but it's the only > address I have. I've installed postgres and I'm trying to use the command > prompt to create a database (PGAdmin III having failed miserably at the > task).
Please define "failed miserably". pgAdmin should only ever fail if you have a problem such as lack of privileges or disk space or similar, and then should give you an appropriate error message. > The documentation I'm working with, created by people I trust know > what they're doing, says that I should enter the following: > > "createdb qf_local -U postgres -W -h localhost" Unfortunately it seems they don't know what they're doing. Try: createdb -U postgres -W -h localhost qf_local Per the docs at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/app-createdb.html -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
