Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> It seems like it would be a whole lot "nicer" if initdb only deleted
> >> the files that it attempted to create OR if the default was not to
> >> delete anything.
>
> > Okay, I could go for the former. What do others think?
>
> I
I am not sure if the is the best place to ask this question or if it is
better asked on the hackers or sql list, but here it goes...
I have created a new data type (I call it a fieldlist) in postgresql
which is basically a label-value string. The advantage to this is that
I can effectively exten
I believe there is a bug, or at least a not very nice feature in initdb.
If initdb does not succeed, it attempts to "exit_nicely". By default
this involved deleting the $PGDATA directory!! So if you have put other
things in you $PGDATA directory or (as in my case) you attempt to create
a datab
