Create database error template 1 busy

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font-family:Arial">Currently using PostgreSql 8.1 on a Windows XP precompiled release.</span></font><p
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font-family:Arial">I am trying to create a data base with the following command going into pqexec()</span></font><p
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12.0pt">CREATE DATABASE \"World\" WITH OWNER = bclay"</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
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12.0pt">       " ENCODING = 'UNICODE' TABLESPACE = gisData"</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
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12.0pt">I always get the following error message:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
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12.0pt">                     “source database “template1 is being accessed by other users”</span></font><p
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12.0pt">There are no other users of this database since I am creating the GIS database from scratch.</span></font><p
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12.0pt">Based on comments I found on the net when others encountered the same error message, I closed pgAdmin III to
makesure it is not causing the problem.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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12.0pt">The next step in debugging I restarted pgAdmin III and tried the same command there and got the same
message.</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 
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12.0pt">pgAdmin III shows “template1” to be the initial database.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times
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12.0pt">It turns out that the only way I can create a database is to specify template0 in the Create Database call or
usepgAdmin to create one that can use template1.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"
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12.0pt"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Issue 2</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
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12.0pt">Also, when I tried to add a comment while creaating the database using the following string:</span></font><p
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12.0pt">                        " COMMENT ON DATABASE \"World\" IS 'World GIS Database'"</span></font><p
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12.0pt">the create works but I the comment does not show up.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
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12.0pt">Is there a way to add a comment programmatically?</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New
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12.0pt">Issue 3</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
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12.0pt">How to get database description?</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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12.0pt">1. I added a description filed using pgAdmin.  I can see the description I added in pgAdmin when I click on the
databasename so I know it is there.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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12.0pt">2. If I issue the command < select * from pg_database > in pgAdmin query I see all of the current
databasesbut no description strings.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
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12.0pt">3. If I issue the command < select * from pg_description > in pgAdmin query I see all of the descriptions
thatI added from pgAdmin but the objoid is not the same as the oid that shows when I issued the < select * from
pg_database> command. So I can not select the correct description.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
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12.0pt">Is there a way to go from any pg_database ID to a corresponding pg_description ID to retrieve the correct
description?</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 
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12.0pt">Bruce</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:
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