Return-Path: owner-postman Received: from localhost.Berkeley.EDU (localhost.Berkeley.EDU [127.0.0.1]) by nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.3) with SMTP id PAA23307 for postgres-redist; Sat, 3 Dec 1994 15:10:19 -0800 Resent-From: POSTGRES mailing list Resent-Message-Id: <199412032310.PAA23307@nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU> X-Authentication-Warning: nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU: Host localhost.Berkeley.EDU didn't use HELO protocol Sender: owner-postman@postgres.Berkeley.EDU X-Return-Path: owner-postman Received: from hub2.tc.umn.edu (hub2.tc.umn.edu [128.101.131.1]) by nobozo.CS.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.9/8.6.3) with SMTP id PAA23297 for ; Sat, 3 Dec 1994 15:10:09 -0800 Received: from sunra.ncc.umn.edu by hub2.tc.umn.edu id SMTP-0012ee0ea0c009624; Sat, 3 Dec 94 15:58:37 -0600 Received: From KEYSTONE/WORKQUEUE by SunRa.ncc.umn.edu via Charon-4.0-VROOM with IPX id 100.941203160100.757; 03 Dec 94 15:41:55 +000 Message-ID: To: postgres@postgres.Berkeley.EDU From: "Bernd Zwatschka" Organization: Nutrition Coordinating Center Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 16:00:55 CST Subject: Newbie question: cannot create database Priority: normal X-mailer: WinPMail v1.0 (R1) Resent-To: postgres-redist@postgres.Berkeley.EDU Resent-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 94 15:10:19 -0800 Resent-XMts: smtp Hi, I'm new to Postgres and always get the following error message when trying to create a database with 'createdb bernd': FATAL: database template1 does not exist, bailing out... I get this message even though the directory $PGDATA/base/template1 does exist on my system and seems to contain the template database (a bunch of pg_... files). Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks, Bernd ============================================================================== To add/remove yourself to/from the POSTGRES mailing list: send mail with the subject line ADD or DEL to "postgres-request@postgres.Berkeley.EDU". If this fails, send mail to "post_questions@postgres.Berkeley.EDU" and a human will deal with it. DO NOT post to the "postgres" mailing list. ============================================================================== URL: http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres/