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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2002-02-24 23:27:58 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2002-02-24 23:27:58 +0000 |
commit | 75e5e20d0e492c96ec3ff20e48ff1427cfee5461 (patch) | |
tree | 23b1f5be326a155c7319f997c73b444748ad906a /doc/src | |
parent | 36d2cc1d574d54f06c9f3fa53328332e6183473c (diff) | |
download | postgresql-75e5e20d0e492c96ec3ff20e48ff1427cfee5461.tar.gz postgresql-75e5e20d0e492c96ec3ff20e48ff1427cfee5461.zip |
Add -O/--owner switch to createdb script, in support of new OWNER option
for CREATE DATABASE.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml | 29 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml index 2e90888ee9f..b7e189296e8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.24 2002/01/20 22:19:56 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.25 2002/02/24 23:27:57 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term>-O, --owner <replaceable class="parameter">owner</replaceable></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Specifies the database user who will own the new database. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>-D, --location <replaceable class="parameter">datadir</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -144,12 +153,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </variablelist> - The options <literal>-h</literal>, <literal>-p</literal>, <literal>-U</literal>, - <literal>-W</literal>, and <literal>-e</literal> are passed on literally to + The options <option>-h</option>, <option>-p</option>, <option>-U</option>, + <option>-W</option>, and <option>-e</option> are passed on literally to <xref linkend="app-psql">. - The options <literal>-D</literal>, <literal>-T</literal>, and - <literal>-E</literal> are converted into options for the underlying + The options <option>-O</option>, <option>-D</option>, + <option>-T</option>, and + <option>-E</option> are converted into options for the underlying SQL command <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE" endterm="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-title">; see there for more information about them. @@ -202,7 +212,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </title> <para> <application>createdb</application> creates a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> - database. The user who executes this command becomes the database owner. + database. + </para> + + <para> + Normally, the database user who executes this command becomes the owner of + the new database. + However a different owner can be specified via the <option>-O</option> + option, if the executing user has appropriate privileges. </para> <para> |