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rename database name in postgres
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renamedb.sql
//delete the user sessions
SELECT pg_terminate_backend( pid )
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE pid <> pg_backend_pid( )
AND datname = 'oldname';
ALTER DATABASE oldname RENAME TO newname
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