#Postgres create database with owner password

This option is never essential, since createdb will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands password authentication. W -password Force createdb to prompt for a password before connecting to a database. This option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a password. If the server requires password authentication and a password is not available by other means such as a. w -no-password Never issue a password prompt. U username -username username User name to connect as. p port -port port Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix domain h host -host host Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running. see there for more information about them.Ĭreatedb also accepts the following command-line arguments for connection parameters: The options -D, -E, -l, -O, and -T correspond to options of the underlying SQL command CREATE DATABASE T template -template template Specifies the template database from which to build this database. O owner -owner owner Specifies the database user who will own the new database. The character sets supported by the PostgreSQL server are described in in the E encoding -encoding encoding Specifies the character encoding scheme to be used in this database. lc-ctype locale Specifies the LC_CTYPE setting to be used in this database. lc-collate locale Specifies the LC_COLLATE setting to be used in this database. This is equivalent to specifying both -lc-collate and -lc-ctype. l locale -locale locale Specifies the locale to be used in this database. D tablespace -tablespace tablespace Specifies the default tablespace for the database.Įcho the commands that createdb generates and sends to the server. The default is to create aĭatabase with the same name as the current system user.ĭescription Specifies a comment to be associated with the newly created database. The name must be unique among all PostgreSQL databases in this cluster. Specifies the name of the database to be created. Via this utility and via other methods for accessing the server.Ĭreatedb accepts the following command-line arguments:

There is no effective difference between creating databases Option, if the executing user has appropriate privileges.Ĭreatedb is a wrapper around the SQL command CREATE DATABASE. However a different owner can be specified via the -O Normally, the database user who executes this command becomes the owner of the new database. Createdb creates a new PostgreSQL database.

Postgres create database with owner