Merge pull request #40 from MinaFoundation/fix-create-db-script

fix initial connection in create-database script
MinaFoundation · Mar 15, 2024 · 4e42b0f · 4e42b0f
2 parents 236d3b7 + b664fae
commit 4e42b0f
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diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ def create_database(ctx):
     db_password = os.environ.get("POSTGRES_PASSWORD")
 
     # Establishing connection to PostgreSQL server
+    # (connect to initial database 'postgres' to create a new database)
     conn = psycopg2.connect(
-        host=db_host, port=db_port, user=db_user, password=db_password
+        host=db_host,
+        port=db_port,
+        dbname="postgres",
+        user=db_user,
+        password=db_password,
     )
     conn.autocommit = True
     cursor = conn.cursor()