CREATEDB(1)		PostgreSQL Client Applications		   CREATEDB(1)



NAME
       createdb - create a new PostgreSQL database


SYNOPSIS
       createdb [ option... ]  [ dbname ]  [ description ]

DESCRIPTION
       createdb creates a new PostgreSQL database.

       Normally, the database user who executes this command becomes the owner
       of the new database.  However a different owner can  be	specified  via
       the -O option, if the executing user has appropriate privileges.

       createdb  is  a	wrapper  around  the SQL command CREATE DATABASE [cre-
       ate_database(7)].  There is no effective  difference  between  creating
       databases  via  this  utility  and  via other methods for accessing the
       server.

OPTIONS
       createdb accepts the following command-line arguments:

       dbname Specifies the name of the database to be created. The name  must
	      be  unique  among all PostgreSQL databases in this cluster.  The
	      default is to create a database with the same name as  the  cur-
	      rent system user.

       description
	      Specifies  a  comment  to  be  associated with the newly created
	      database.

       -D tablespace

       --tablespace tablespace
	      Specifies the default tablespace for the database.

       -e

       --echo Echo the commands that  createdb	generates  and	sends  to  the
	      server.

       -E encoding

       --encoding encoding
	      Specifies  the  character  encoding  scheme  to  be used in this
	      database. The character sets supported by the PostgreSQL	server
	      are described in in the documentation.

       -O owner

       --owner owner
	      Specifies the database user who will own the new database.

       -T template

       --template template
	      Specifies  the  template	database  from	which  to  build  this
	      database.


       The options -D, -E, -O, and -T correspond to options of the  underlying
       SQL  command  CREATE  DATABASE [create_database(7)]; see there for more
       information about them.

       createdb also accepts the following command-line arguments for  connec-
       tion parameters:

       -h host

       --host host
	      Specifies  the  host  name of the machine on which the server is
	      running. If the value begins with a slash, it  is  used  as  the
	      directory for the Unix domain socket.

       -p port

       --port port
	      Specifies  the  TCP  port  or  the local Unix domain socket file
	      extension on which the server is listening for connections.

       -U username

       --username username
	      User name to connect as.

       -W

       --password
	      Force createdb to prompt for a password before connecting  to  a
	      database.

	      This  option  is	never essential, since createdb will automati-
	      cally prompt for a  password  if	the  server  demands  password
	      authentication.	However,  createdb  will  waste  a  connection
	      attempt finding out that the server wants a password.   In  some
	      cases  it  is  worth  typing  -W	to  avoid the extra connection
	      attempt.


ENVIRONMENT
       PGDATABASE
	      If set, the name of the database to create, unless overridden on
	      the command line.

       PGHOST

       PGPORT

       PGUSER Default  connection  parameters. PGUSER also determines the name
	      of the database to create, if it is not specified on the command
	      line or by PGDATABASE.

       This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the envi-
       ronment variables supported by libpq (see in the documentation).


DIAGNOSTICS
       In case of difficulty, see  CREATE  DATABASE  [create_database(7)]  and
       psql(1)	for discussions of potential problems and error messages.  The
       database server must be running at the targeted host. Also, any default
       connection  settings and environment variables used by the libpq front-
       end library will apply.

EXAMPLES
       To create the database demo using the default database server:

       $ createdb demo


       To create the database demo using the server on host eden,  port  5000,
       using the LATIN1 encoding scheme with a look at the underlying command:

       $ createdb -p 5000 -h eden -E LATIN1 -e demo
       CREATE DATABASE demo ENCODING 'LATIN1';


SEE ALSO
       dropdb(1), CREATE DATABASE [create_database(7)]



Application			  2010-03-12			   CREATEDB(1)