Database Locations

Has anyone had any joy with this example taken from documentation.


	$ mkdir private_db
	$ initlocation ~/private_db
	Creating Postgres database system directory /home/olly/private_db/base
   
	$ psql olly
	Welcome to psql, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
 
	Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
	       \h for help with SQL commands
	       \? for help on internal slash commands
	       \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
	       \q to quit

	olly=> CREATE DATABASE elsewhere WITH LOCATION = '/home/olly/private_db';
	CREATE DATABASE



I get an error like:-

	olly=> create database test1 with location='/home/olly/private_db';
	ERROR:  Absolute paths are not allowed as database locations

...or at the command line...

	$ createdb --location=/home/olly/private_db test1
	ERROR:  Absolute paths are not allowed as database locations
	createdb: database creation failed


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Keith Gray

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