On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 17:49, Jim Buttafuoco wrote: > just for the record the following also works > > from the psql prompt: > jim=# create database "testing > jim"# "; > CREATE DATABASE > jim=# drop database "testing > jim"# " > jim-# ; > DROP DATABASE > jim=# > > and from the unix shell: > createdb "testing > " > dropdb "testing > " > > you need the double quotes in all cases > I'm afraid the OP had a CR and from a unix shell you'll get a LF for the new line. So for him it did not work. The trick with the wildcard is very useful in other similar situations too ;-) Cheers, Csaba.
