"Fred Parkinson" <FredP@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Was there some way to tell from the documentation that createdb is > to run from the shell while CREATE DATABASE is run from the psql > prompt? One is in the "PostgreSQL Client Applications" section, along with psql and pg_dump. The other is in the "SQL Commands" section. Applications run in the OS shell, while SQL commands run in a database session. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin