On 21-Sep-99 The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Michael Simms wrote:
>
>> I would have to say that if you 'started out with theintention of writing
>> a corba front-and' then I dont think you can really speak for newbies.
>>
>> When I started using postgresql I had vaguely heard of odbc and I had
>> a couple of example queries of SQL.
>>
>> If I had had to go to template1 and create database whatever; and THEN
>> go use it, I would have been fairly confused.
>
> Why? How did you learn about the createdb or createuser commands in the
> first place?
>
> Section 20 of the INSTALL file could read:
>
> 20. Briefly test that the backend will start and
> run by running it from the command line.
> a. Start the postmaster daemon running in the
> background by typing
> $ cd
> $ nohup postmaster -i > pgserver.log 2>&1 &
> b. Connect to the database by typing
> $ psql template1
> b. Create a database by typing
> $ create database testdb;
> c. Connect to the new database by typing:
> template1=> \connect testdb
> d. And run a sample query:
> testdb=> SELECT datetime 'now';
> e. Exit psql:
> testdb=> \q
> f. Remove the test database (unless you will
> want to use it later for other tests):
> testdb=> drop database testdb;
e and f mixed up?
Vince.
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