On Friday 17 February 2017 18:18:20 Michael Tyson wrote: > postgres=# \q > pi@raspi ~ $ sudo -u postgres psql testdb > psql: FATAL: database "testdb" does not exist > pi@raspi ~ $ sudo -u postgres createdb testdb > createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: duplicate key value violates > unique constraint "pg_database_datname_index" DETAIL: Key > (datname)=(testdb) already exists. > Something's seriously borked in your PostgreSQL data files. The message it should give you if the database exists is: createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: database "testdb" already exists It looks like it partially exists in the catalog but not really. I can't guess how you got to such a state, but you should probably nuke your data directory and start over with a fresh initdb. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general