foss@johnbradshaw.org writes:
> createdb allows illegal period/dot (".") in DB names. Can't ALTER DATABASE
> name in psql as it doesn't allow periods/dots in database names. Had to
> dropdb (which also allows dot in names) and recreate from dump.
This isn't a bug --- those utilities treat whatever's given on the
command line as being double-quoted. Their documentation fails to
say this though :-(
regards, tom lane