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Re: psql won't start

Thomas Good <tomg@q8.nrnet.org>

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From: Thomas Good <tomg@q8.nrnet.org>
To: "Diego A. Puertas F." <dpuertas@uc.edu.ve>
Cc: PostgreSQL Novice List <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Date: 2000-11-09T13:34:52Z
Lists: pgsql-novice 
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Diego A. Puertas F. wrote:

> I have compiled succesfully PostgreSQL 7.0.2, and I had ran psql at least
> twice and built a database without problem.
> 
> 
> Now psql is not starting and throws the following message:
> 
>  psql: FATAL 1:  Database "postgres" does not exist in the system catalog.
> 
> 
> So, what's going on? 

Diego,

You are missing an argument: the database name...

$ psql <dbname>
For exam:  $ psql template1

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