Hello,
> I don't know for sure, but I don't see why it should fail - it's only
> reading it, not writing data to it or making any changes.
Probably it will fail...
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/sql-createdatabase.html
Although it is possible to copy a database other than template1 by
specifying its name as the template, this is not (yet) intended as a
general-purpose "COPY DATABASE" facility. The principal limitation is that
no other sessions can be connected to the template database while it is
being copied. CREATE DATABASE will fail if any other connection exists
when it starts;
Regards,
Jayadevan
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