Re: problem with dropping database

On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 13:54, Antti Lihavainen wrote:
>
> I created a new database with alternate location (create database
> java_general with location = 'JAVA_GENERAL_DB';). Now I can't drop
> this database:
>
> --- clip ---
> bash-2.05$ dropdb java_general
> ERROR:  Postmaster environment variable 'JAVA_GENERAL_DB' not set
> dropdb: database removal failed
> --- clip ---
>
> The env var is set afaik:
>
> bash-2.05$ echo $JAVA_GENERAL_DB
> /home/www/html/somewhere/somedir/
>
>
> Any ideas?

I guess the environment variable is not set in the postmaster's
environment.

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