Carol Walter <walterc@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Well, most recently I had created a new database using UTF8 encoding > and I had restored data to it, that had been in a database using > SQL_ASCII. I wanted to rename the original database. When I tried to > rename it, I got the message that I couldn't do it because the > database was in use. This particular database is in a 8.2.4 release. > I'm moving to 8.3.n but I'm not there yet. OK. Consulting the CVS history, I see that RENAME DATABASE does have a delay in it, but only in 8.3.x. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin