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.SP CREATEDB UNIX 6/14/90
.XA 1 Createdb
.uh NAME
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createdb \*- create a database
.uh SYNOPSIS
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.b createdb 
[-p port -h host]
.b dbname
.uh DESCRIPTION
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.b Createdb
creates a new database.
The person who executes this command
becomes the database administrator
.r ( \c
.A DBA )
for this database.
The
.A DBA
has special powers
not granted to ordinary users.
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.i Dbname
is the name of the database
to be created.
The name must be unique
among all \*(PP databases.
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The argument 
.i port
and
.i hostname
are the same as in the terminal monitor - they are used to connect to the
postmaster using the TCP/IP port
.i port
running on the database server
.i hostname.
The defaults are to the local machine (localhost) and to the default port
(4321).
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.uh "SEE ALSO"
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destroydb(unix),
initdb(unix),
createdb(postquel).
.uh DIAGNOSTICS
.lp
You are not a valid \*(PP user
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You do not have a users file entry, and can
not do anything with \*(PP at all.
.sp
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<dbname> already exists
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The database already exists.
