Hi! I cannot imagine how to create db from a script file and execute other DDL statements on this new db. Currently I use 'psql -f file' to perform all needed DDL statements except of create db. Because when I insert 'CREATE DATABASE' at the beginning of the script, the server creates a db but following commands like 'CREATE TABLE' and etc run on the current db, i.e. not in context of newly created db. Any ideas? P.S. Some RDBMS automatically switches to a newly created db after 'CREATE DATABASE' and some other languages have command like 'USE' to switch to a different db. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org