Re: Problem in Pg 8.1.4 with CREATEDB

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Pit M�ller wrote:
>
>> Hello !
>> We have a very sophisticated setup for our software which needs to
>> install databases on a PostgreSQL Server if the user chooses PG as
>> database system. This setup worked fine on 8.1 to 8.1.3 but fails now
>> with 8.1.4. It looks like the problem is caused by CREATEDB, which seems
>> to hang.
>> Does anyone know this problem ?
>>
>
> Is this Win32?  Is it perhaps prompting for a password from the
> terminal, but you used to pipe in the password.  That changed in 8.1.4
> on Win32.
>
>
Yes, thats absolutely right.
How can we set the password for CREATEDB now, ? Any suggestions ?
I think in V8.0 there was a simple command line parameter for the
password, but that changed in V 8.1.
Why have they changed such an important behaviour between two service
packs ?

Pit