Forum OpenACS Q&A: Change template1 in PG for new datamodel

We have a production database openacs 3 running on postgresql 7.1.2. Now we want to add a second database. When I use the command:

createdb mydb2

It creates a new database from template1. NOT what I want. I want to create a new blank database and use the 3.2.5 datamodel. Template1 has the old model with modifications I don't want.

QUESTION: How do I make a blank database on an already running pg installation so I can load a different datamodel.

The answer may be useful later when I want to try out the OpenAcs 4 series although I may need a newer version of PG for this.

TIA
-Bob

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Posted by David Walker on
Template1 is copied to each new database you create. If you modify Template1 you interfere with your ability to create a new blank database.

Later versions (7.2 I think) add a template0 that is a bare empty database and also add the ability to define different databases as templates. So you could install the basic OpenACS data model into a database called something like "OpenACS_Template" and create a new openacs db with a command similar to "create database my_openacs_site with template='OpenACS_Template'"
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Posted by Roberto Mello on
From the createdb man page:

      -T, --template template
              Specifies the template database from which to build this database.
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Posted by MaineBob OConnor on

Thanks David and Roberto,

My man page for createdb does not show the --template command, yet it WORKS.... Must have been a new feature in pg 7.1.2.
The command used:

createdb --template template0 mydb2

-Bob