On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 09:51, ElayaRaja S wrote: > After login as su postgres > I am unable to create the db; > > > $ createdb -E utf8 -U system myDB; > ERROR: permission denied to create database > createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: permission denied to create database What's with the -U system in there? As the postgres user, (i.e. either leave out the -U system or make it -U postgres) it should work fine. Oh, and you MAY want to just stick to lower case names for databases, tables, fields etc... It's easier in the long run. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match