> On 01/02/2023 11:33 CET Matthias Apitz <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've a problem with a PostgreSQL 12.x server not setup or managed by me. that > the database 'postgres' is not found: > > $ psql -Upostgres postgres > psql: error: ERROR: no such database: postgres > > but the database is there as a SELECT shows: > > $ psql -Upostgres lbs_lbsoclc01_dev_r1 > psql (12.11) > Type "help" for help. > > lbs_lbsoclc01_dev_r1=# select * from pg_database where datname = 'postgres' ; > oid | datname | datdba | encoding | datcollate | datctype | datistemplate | datallowconn | datconnlimit | datlastsysoid | datfrozenxid | datminmxid | dattablespace | datacl > -------+----------+--------+----------+-------------+-------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+------------+---------------+-------- > 14344 | postgres | 10 | 6 | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 | f | t | -1 | 14343 | 479 | 1 | 1663 | > (1 row) > > What does this mean? Error message "no such database: postgres" is not from Postgres but likely from PgBouncer. This means the database is not configured in PgBouncer for clients to connect to. -- Erik
