Re: the difference between psql , createdb, dropuser

["David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, October 27, 2019, Setve <setve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can execute the create user or create db .etc... command at a PostgreSQL interactive terminal so why are these commands "createuser , createdb , dropdb etc.... separately and what is their purpose?

Its simply an abstraction so one can execute those actions in a shell without including and dealing with raw SQL - thus removing SQL-injection exposure.

David J.