"Patrick Earl" <patearl@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 2007-01-11 09:56:17 ERROR: could not open relation 1663/16403/16426: > Permission denied > 2007-01-11 09:56:17 ERROR: checkpoint request failed > 2007-01-11 09:56:17 HINT: Consult recent messages in the server log > for details. > 2007-01-11 09:56:17 STATEMENT: CREATE DATABASE "TestDatabase" Well, like the HINT says, consult recent messages for details. In this case the reason the checkpoint failed was evidently a file permissions problem. Is this repeatable? What platform is it on? regards, tom lane
