If the databases are on the same machine, I could see creating a template database and then use: createdb -T templateName newDbName It will create the new db exactly like the template. I think createdb does this by default using the database template1 as the template. My databases are all on different machines, so I use perl/psql to create them. I have a sql directory that has a separate sql file for each table and function I want to create and the perl script 'cat's them to psql in the correct order. Woody