On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 01:53, Tom Lane wrote:
> Japin Li writes:
>> Why don't support CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS syntax in PostgreSQL?
>
> FWIW, I'm generally hostile to CREATE IF NOT EXISTS semantics across
> the board, because of its exceedingly squishy semantics: it ensures
> that an obje
Japin Li writes:
> Why don't support CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS syntax in PostgreSQL?
FWIW, I'm generally hostile to CREATE IF NOT EXISTS semantics across
the board, because of its exceedingly squishy semantics: it ensures
that an object by that name exists, but you have exactly no guarantees
Hi, hackers
When I try to use CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS in PostgreSQL, it complains
this syntax is not supported. We can use the following command to achieve
this, however, it's not straightforward.
SELECT 'CREATE DATABASE mydb'
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT FROM pg
