Re: how to check if a database exists programatically

Hi,

On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 17:25 +0530, surabhi.ahuja wrote:
>  i have to write a shell script in which i have to check if the
> database "abc" exists or not
>
> how should i do it ? some select query
>
> select * from ??? where database_name = 'abc';

SELECT 1 from pg_database WHERE datname='abc';

Regards,
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