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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2017-03-20 21:23:56 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2017-03-20 21:23:56 -0400
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doc: improve createdb example
The previous example could error out due to encoding mismatches; use -T/template instead. Reported-by: Jason O'Donnell
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@@ -363,11 +363,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
To create the database <literal>demo</literal> using the
server on host <literal>eden</>, port 5000, using the
- <literal>LATIN1</literal> encoding scheme with a look at the
- underlying command:
+ <literal>template0</literal> template database, here is the
+ command-line command and the underlying SQL command:
<screen>
-<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createdb -p 5000 -h eden -E LATIN1 -e demo</userinput>
-<computeroutput>CREATE DATABASE demo ENCODING 'LATIN1';</computeroutput>
+<prompt>$ </prompt><userinput>createdb -p 5000 -h eden -T template0 -e demo</userinput>
+<computeroutput>CREATE DATABASE demo TEMPLATE template0;</computeroutput>
</screen></para>
</refsect1>