William Garrison wrote:
> In Postgresql 8.2.9 on Windows, you cannot rename a database if the
> name contains mixed case.
>
> To replicate:
> 1) Open the pgadmin tool.
> 2) Create a database named "MixedCase" (using the UI, not using a
> query window or using PSQL)
> 3) Open a query window, or use PSQL to issue the following command
> ALTER DATABASE MixedCase RENAME TO anything_else;
> PostgreSQL will respond with:
> ERROR: database "mixedcase" does not exist
> SQL state: 3D000
Did you try:
ALTER DATABASE "MixedCase"....?
Note the use of double-quotes around the name. I don't have any Windows
machines to try this with but it appears you just need to add the
double-quotes to prevent PostgreSQL from folding to lower-case.
Cheers,
Steve
