On 08/08/2013 03:13 PM, Don Parris wrote:
Hi all,
I have a database that uses the ltree extension. I typically create a
new database like so (as a normal user), using my script file:
CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE template0 ENCODING 'UTF8';
And then su to postgres, login and install the ltree extension on
mydb. Then I logout of my psql instance and re-run the script (as a
normal user) to create the tables & views on mydb. I comment out the
table/view creation portion until I finish the first couple steps, and
then uncomment the tables and views on the 2nd run. Otherwise the
script will fail because the ltree extension has to be installed as a
superuser.
I want a script something like:
CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE template0 ENCODING 'UTF8';
\c mydb
CREATE EXTENSION ltree;
CREATE TABLE mytable(myfields);
rinse, repeat for additional tables and views.
And to be able to run it from the Bash prompt (as securely as possible).
I thought I could add the commands and run the create script by doing:
sudo -u postgres psql -U user -W -d mydb
--file=/home/user/dev/mydb_create.sql
I thought that, running my script as the superuser, it would have the
privileges necessary to install the extension, but I still got a
"permission denied" error.
I did create a password for my postgres user (hence the -W option).
And this is on a local box.
How can I run my script?
Thanks!
Don
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Have you tried adding the extension to template1. I find that works
nicely as it means "CREATE DATABASE <dbname>" gets the extension. That
said, I'm wondering if you're actually having trouble accessing the
extension subdirectory. Perhaps the server is running as different user
than the owner of the extensions?
