"Michael P. Soulier" <michael_soulier@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have an issue where a post-install script tries to create a database, > and in 1 out of 10 cases I get this: > "createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: source database "template1" > is being accessed by other users" Try inserting a short sleep before the createdb. > Can createdb block until template1 is available? For 8.3 we have http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-06/msg00013.php regards, tom lane