Re: the difference between psql , createdb, dropuser
"David G. Johnston" <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Oct 2019 17:00:45 -0700
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On Sunday, October 27, 2019, Setve <[email protected]> wrote: > I can execute the create user or create db .etc... command at a PostgreSQL > interactive terminal so why are these commands "createuser , createdb , > dropdb etc.... separately and what is their purpose? > <https://www.reddit.com/r/PostgreSQL/comments/dnyr0n/i_can_execute_the_create_user_or_create_db_etc/> > > Its simply an abstraction so one can execute those actions in a shell without including and dealing with raw SQL - thus removing SQL-injection exposure. David J.