On Tuesday 21 June 2005 04:01, Dave Page wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christopher Kings-Lynne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 21 June 2005 08:57 > > To: Dave Page > > Cc: Robert Treat; Tom Lane; Andrew Dunstan; Andreas Pflug; > > Magnus Hagander; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] default database creation with initdb > > > > > Yes - that's intentional so that pgAdmin/phpPgAdmin et al. can > > > reasonably expect it to be there. > > > > Problem is, how the hell do I know it's there before I connect? > > Well obviously you don't (any more than you know that template1 is > accessible until you try), but in time it will be on more and more > systems as people upgrade by when it will make a reasonable default for > clients. > > Alternatively, try to connect to it first, and then fall back to > template1 (much as libpq negotiates protocol versions with the server). >
You know, since we don't maintain static connections (http is our friend) connecting to template1 really isn't a problem for phppgadmin users. At least I can't remember anyone ever having complained about it. -- Robert Treat Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly