Hi, On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 14:20 +0200, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote: > SELECT 1 from pg_database WHERE datname='abc'; Ah of course: $ psql template1 -U postgres -c "SELECT 1 AS result FROM pg_database WHERE datname='yapab'"; result -------- 1 (1 row) $ psql template1 -U postgres -c "SELECT 1 AS result FROM pg_database WHERE datname='abc'"; result -------- (0 rows) and you can parse this output too. -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/