Re: postgres 7.0.2

Thomas Swan <tswan-lst@tangent.ics.olemiss.edu> writes:
> Actually, I think I understand the question.  The original person wants to 
> be able to do a query and get a result containing a list of 
> databases.   AFAIK, there isn't a way to do this using standard SQL-like 
> statements.  Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

SELECT datname FROM pg_database;

I think Tim's real gripe is about having to know enough about the
contents of the system tables to be able to construct such a query.
        regards, tom lane