On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Robert Haas<robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Sergei Abramov<auspex@rambler.ru> wrote:
>> Platform: Windows XP, 5.1 (Build 2600).Language: Russain.
>> Distribution used: Binary.
>> pgAdmin version: 1.10.0.
>> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.0-1.
>>
>> Bug description: When I use pgAdmin's menu command 'Delete/drop' to drop
>> database, especially just created, PostgreSQL server reports:
>> WARNING: could not remove file or directory "base/16435": Directory not
>> empty
>> WARNING: some useless files may be left behind in old database directory
>> "base/16435".
>>
>> However, specified directory appears empty and I have to delete it manua=
lly.
>> Database cluster is situated on local NTFS-drive (or local FAT-drive, ju=
st
>> for the experiment).
>> Note, that using dropdb.exe does not cause such a problem.
>> I've already reported this to pgAdmin's support team, they replied it is
>> PostgreSQL server that operates wrong...
>
> Do you have a link to the email message from the pgadmin folks? =A0I'd
> be curious what is causing this.
No link offhand, but what I said was that we just do a "drop database"
via libpq, exactly the same as dropdb would do, or as would happen via
psql. The only possible difference I could see was the database used
for the connection, but that shouldn't make any difference.
--=20
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com