On Fri, February 19, 2021 13:30, David G. Johnston wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 11:22 AM James B. Byrne <byrnejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> I am try to create a new pg database with --locale=en_US.UTF8. > > > You are creating a whole new cluster., not just a database. > . . . > You created a new cluster, but never started it, yet were able to connect > to it without a problem. I suspect you are connecting psql to some already > running existing cluster and that the cluster you initdb'd is correctly > configured but just sitting there offline waiting to be started - possibly > after changing its port information so it doesn't conflict with this > already running instance. > I do not know how I did that but, evidently I did. Thank you. psql -U postgres template1 psql (13.1) Type "help" for help. template1=# \l List of databases Name | Owner | Encoding | Collate | Ctype | Access privileges -----------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------------------- postgres | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | template0 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres + | | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres template1 | postgres | UTF8 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | =c/postgres + | | | | | postgres=CTc/postgres (3 rows) -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Unencrypted messages have no legal claim to privacy Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3