I'm using the PostgreSQL app and I want to delete my old database for my old project. How do I do that? I've tried drop database portfoliodb but it's still there and I don't receive any feedback.
First, connect to postgres not to portfoliodb. You cannot drop the database that you (or anybody else) is connected to.
Then, don't forget the semicolon after the SQL statement to complete it:
DROP DATABASE portfoliodb;
You probably forgot to add a semicolon on the end of your command.
You ran: drop database portfoliodb
But you should have run: drop database portfoliodb;
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I created a model in no2 branch, then I find some error and decided to delete this branch and start a new one.
But when I rewrote this model and db:migrate , it told me that this table already exist.
I tried db:rollback but didn't work, and the migrate:status showed that:
and my schema.rb is empty
I dropped my db & re db:migrate.
Use sql script, to remove a record from schema_migrations table where version is 20191215065743.
Further, if the boards table exist, drop it using psql command.
I have a database that seems to be broken for some reason. It's a development db for rails so I don't have a backup but I do need to continue development. I tried to just drop it but that's not working.
$ dropdb "database-name"
dropdb: database removal failed: ERROR: could not open file "global/2964": No such file or directory
Thanks in advance for any help!
There's more wrong here than a "broken" database. Something is badly wrong with your PostgreSQL data directory.
global/9264 looks like it's pg_catalog.pg_db_role_setting, which stores ALTER DATABASE ... SET ... and ALTER ROLE ... SET ... settings. This is not database-specific, it's a global table.
If you have missing files in your data directory your whole PostgreSQL data directory is probably damaged. You should back up what you can, if there's anything you care about, then rename or delete the damaged data directory and initdb a new blank one.
You won't be able to DROP this database (or do much else) because PostgreSQL can't load the files for the pg_db_role_setting table, but it needs to delete entries referring to the dropped database from there.
As for how this happened:
Have you ever run with fsync = off in postgresql.conf?
Do you have SSD storage? If so, have you had any recent sudden power loss?
Have you ever done any direct modifications of any kind inside the PostgreSQL data directory?
Is the PostgreSQL data directory on external storage that might have been suddenly removed?
Have you ever deleted postmaster.pid ?
See also https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Corruption
I am unable to complete Moodle installation. I am hosting the site on NearlyFreeSpeech and using PHP 5.6. Moodle doesnt seem to be able to connect to the database and write any tables.
I created the moodledata folder in /protected/moodledata and moodle is in /public/moodle
I receive this error after accepting the terms and conditions.
Error reading from database
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It is usually not possible to recover from errors triggered during installation, you may need to create a new database or use a different database prefix if you want to retry the installation.
Normally my first instinct would point to the config.php file but if it's getting as far as telling you that a connection is established with the database but there's a read error ("Error reading from database"), then that generally means your config.php file is probably healthy, but your database is not.
Firstly, check that you're using one of the following database servers that Moodle is compatible with (minimum version)
PostgreSQL 9.1
MySQL 5.5.31
MariaDB 5.5.31
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Oracle Database 10.2
source.
Secondly, ensure that the user assigned to access your database in config.php has ALL PRIVILEGES set on that database.
Moving on... If this is a fresh install and you have no data to lose, your best bet is to start with a clean database.
You can either delete your existing database and set up a new one, or you can drop all tables from your existing database.
Option 1. Delete your existing database.
Delete your config.php file
Jump to phpMyAdmin (from the 'actions' tab on the MySQL process page)
Click on "Databases"
Delete your existing database
Hit "Create database" to generate a fresh, empty database
Go to http://your.url/install.php and follow the instructions for a fresh install.
Option 2. Clear your existing database
Jump to phpMyAdmin and run the following query:
DECLARE #sql NVARCHAR(max)=''
SELECT #sql += ' Drop table '+TABLE_SCHEMA+'.'+ TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_TYPE = 'BASE TABLE'
Exec Sp_executesql #sql
source.
Then go to http://your.url/install.php and follow the instructions for a fresh install.
If you managed to start with a fresh database and you get the same error, please ensure that you have all the prerequisites available from your host. You can find a list of Moodle PHP requirements here.
The only time I've seen that error is when using the wrong MySQL version. Eg currently MySQL 5.5 is supported but if you have 5.1 you would get that error.
Source: http://realtechtalk.com/moodle_install_error_Error_reading_from_database_-2072-articles
The database's name is Parkes and I want to rename it Parkes1
I have tried
myconn.Execute "ALTER DATABASE ""Parkes"" RENAME TO ""Parkes1"";"
and pretty much every variety I can think of but they all return the message,
error near '"Parkes"'
meanwhile if I try
myconn.Execute "ALTER DATABASE Parkes RENAME TO Parkes1;"
the message says
unable to find database parkes
I can't see what I am doing wrong, it's postresql 9.4 that I am using and I am using ADO via the postgresql odbc library from vb6 to try to do the rename.
I can rename it fine using pgadmin3 but I need to be able to do it programmatically.
I am beginner to PostgreSQL.
I want to connect to another database from the query editor of Postgres - like the USE command of MySQL or MS SQL Server.
I found \c databasename by searching the Internet, but its runs only on psql. When I try it from the PostgreSQL query editor I get a syntax error.
I have to change the database by pgscripting. Does anyone know how to do it?
When you get a connection to PostgreSQL it is always to a particular database. To access a different database, you must get a new connection.
Using \c in psql closes the old connection and acquires a new one, using the specified database and/or credentials. You get a whole new back-end process and everything.
You must specify the database to use on connect; if you want to use psql for your script, you can use "\c name_database"
user_name=# CREATE DATABASE testdatabase;
user_name=# \c testdatabase
At this point you might see the following output
You are now connected to database "testdatabase" as user "user_name".
testdatabase=#
Notice how the prompt changes. Cheers, have just been hustling looking for this too, too little information on postgreSQL compared to MySQL and the rest in my view.
In pgAdmin you can also use
SET search_path TO your_db_name;
The basic problem while migrating from MySQL I faced was, I thought of the term database to be same in PostgreSQL also, but it is not. So if we are going to switch the database from our application or pgAdmin, the result would not be as expected.
As in my case, we have separate schemas (Considering PostgreSQL terminology here.) for each customer and separate admin schema. So in application, I have to switch between schemas.
For this, we can use the SET search_path command. This does switch the current schema to the specified schema name for the current session.
example:
SET search_path = different_schema_name;
This changes the current_schema to the specified schema for the session. To change it permanently, we have to make changes in postgresql.conf file.
Use this commad when first connect to psql
=# psql <databaseName> <usernamePostgresql>
set search_path = 'schema name here'
while connecting to the postgres, you have to opt for default database to connect. If you have nothing, you can use 'postgres' as default.
You can use dbeaver to connect to postgres. UI is good
PgAdmin 4, GUI Tool: Switching between databases
In the PgAdmin Browser on the left hand side, right click on the database you are willing to switch to.
Select a QueryTool from the drop down menu (or any other option that you need, I will stick with the QueryTool for now).
You will see the QueryTool in the PgAdmin window, and on top you will see the active database and the role name.
Now you can write queries against the chosen database.
You can open multiple QueryTools for multiple database, and work with them as you do with your graphical text editor.
In order to be sure that you are querying the proper database, issue the following query:
SELECT session_user, current_database();